Antonyms for fans
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fan |
| Phonetic Transcription : fæn |
Definition of fans
Origin :- device to make an air current, Old English fann (West Saxon) "a basket or shovel for winnowing grain" (by tossing it in the air), from Latin vannus, related to ventus "wind" (see wind (n.1)).
- The chaff, being lighter, would blow off. Sense of "device for moving air" first recorded late 14c.; the hand-held version is first attested 1550s. A fan-light (1819) was shaped like a lady's fan.
- noun blower of air
- noun person enthusiastic about an interest
- verb blow on
- verb provoke
- And with what coquetry he fans himself; how he dances and skips about!
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- You must hear her fans on your instruments; you can see how we're pitchin'!
- Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
- He then shewed me some fans he had done, and I thought them most beautiful.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- The fans who watch the game of life despise the sluggard in the strife.
- Extract from : « Rippling Rhymes » by Walt Mason
- The CAA aircar slowed to a halt, its fans died, and it settled to its wheels.
- Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Could you tell the Telly fans what this is all about, Marshal Cogswell?
- Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- Straw carpet, or matting, and fans for export are also important exports.
- Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
- The silence was only broken by the clacking of the fans in the saloon.
- Extract from : « In Mesopotamia » by Martin Swayne
- It is needless to say how pronounced a hit this made with the “fans” of both sexes.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe Around the World » by Lester Chadwick
- The fans of a windmill caught the sun and flashed it back to the travelers.
- Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
Synonyms for fans
- add fuel
- addict
- adherent
- admirer
- aerate
- aficionado
- agitate
- air conditioner
- air-condition
- air-cool
- amateur
- arouse
- blade
- buff
- cool
- devotee
- draft
- enkindle
- excite
- expand
- extend
- flabellum
- follower
- freak
- groupie
- habitué
- hound
- impassion
- increase
- leaf
- lover
- palm leaf
- propeller
- refresh
- rooter
- rouse
- ruffle
- spread
- stimulate
- stir up
- supporter
- thermantidote
- vane
- ventilate
- ventilator
- votary
- whip up
- wind
- windmill
- winnow
- work up
- zealot
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