Synonyms for enthusiasts

Grammar : Noun

Spell : en-thoo-zee-ast, -ist

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈθu ziˌæst, -ɪst

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Définition of enthusiasts

Origin : 1560s, pejorative, "one who believes himself possessed of divine revelations or special communication from God," from Greek enthousiastes "a person inspired," from enthousiazein (see enthusiasm). General sense (not always entirely pejorative) is from mid-18c.

noun person active in interest

Example sentences :

Whatever was done great and noble in this world, was done by enthusiasts.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

They are abundant, but not so very exceptional as enthusiasts would have us believe.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

They were not a handful of enthusiasts, whom it were folly to attempt to reason with.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

But the two enthusiasts had a sudden check when they informed their mother.
Extract from : « Sarah's School Friend » by May Baldwin

There were sports and games in the afternoons for the enthusiasts.
Extract from : « The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) » by Various

"Yes, do read it again," a number of enthusiasts cried in chorus.
Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan

New York was not even in the first place settled by enthusiasts.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 » by Various

What a curious book would be "Our Prophets and Enthusiasts!"
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 » by Various

Both were enthusiasts, and the longer they played the more inspired they got.
Extract from : « Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag » by Louisa M. Alcott

Yet nothing is more certain than that the enthusiasts are right.
Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond

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