aficionado

Noun

Meaning

a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer

a fan of bull fighting

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shakespearean ted maestro maven hound freak maniac fiend authority fan amateur expert advocate specialist lover

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Antonyms

savant Greenhorn celebrity lamb skeptic pessimist

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Hypernyms

fan lover devotee buff rooter sports fan

Related terms

aficionada

Phrases with the word

christmas carol aficionado garden aficionado blue aficionado skate aficionado avian aficionado hard rock aficionado

Examples

What if I am an aficionado of bullfights and I think, contrary to the animal cruelty people, that they ennoble both beast and man. I would not be able to market videos showing people how exciting a bullfight. Antonin Scalia

I am not a Hemingway aficionado. Margaux Hemingway

Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado. Danai Gurira

The aesthetic dimensions of science, like that of great classical music, are evident to the aficionado. Varadaraja V. Raman

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content. Marc Andreessen

All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado. Lisa Gardner

Close letter words and terms

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