fanatics

Definitions

Persons filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

People who are intensely or obsessively enthusiastic about a specific interest or activity.

Examples

The stadium was packed with sports fanatics cheering for their favorite team.

Religious fanatics often struggle to accept viewpoints that differ from their own.

Fitness fanatics are known for waking up before dawn to hit the gym.

Synonyms

zealots extremists radicals bigots enthusiasts militants dogmatists

Antonyms

moderates skeptics centrists liberals realists pragmatists indifferents