Synonyms and Antonyms of maven
1
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
- an investment maven, he was doing well even when the market was doing poorly
ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), dab [chiefly British], dab hand [chiefly British], expert, fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, meister, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, sharp, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
pro, professional
consultant, hired gun, specialist
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan
craftsman, journeyman
all-rounder [British], jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man
mistress
2
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
- a science-fiction maven who could talk for hours about fictional technology
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, nut, sucker
groupie
admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante
authority, expert
adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary
advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter
partisan (also partizan), zealot
booster, rooter, well-wisher
faddist
