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Antonyms for enthusiasts

Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-thoo-zee-ast, -ist
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈθu ziˌæst, -ɪst

Definition 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

Synonyms for enthusiasts

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