devotee

One who worships

A devotee is someone with strong dedication to a person, cause, activity, or belief.

The word suggests enthusiasm beyond casual interest: a devotee of yoga, devotees of the band followed them on tour.

In religious contexts, a devotee practices fervent worship or follows a spiritual teacher: Krishna devotees chanting in the street.

admirer

fan

Admirer or air mover

follower · supporter · adherent · partisan · votary · backer · patron · advocate · booster · champion

religious

worshiper

One who reveres deeply

believer · acolyte · congregant · parishioner · churchgoer · convert · pietist · mystic · monk · nun

fervor

zeal

Intense driving devotion

  • ardorIntense emotional warmth
  • passionIntense emotional drive
  • fervorIntense emotional intensity

fanaticism · obsession · intensity · dedication · commitment · enthusiasm · eagerness · single-mindedness · fixation · mania

loyalty

allegiance

Loyalty owed to authority

fidelity · constancy · fealty · adherence · commitment · attachment · bond · unswerving · staunchness · dependability

fandom

cosplayer

Person in character costume

shipper · fanfic writer · stan · otaku · Trekkie · Swiftie · Potterhead · Whovian · cosplay · fanart

Categories
Opposites
intensity of commitment

devoteedabbler

One who skims surfaces

dilettante · casual observer · amateur · hobbyist · casual fan

valence of regard

devoteedetractor

One who diminishes

critic · hater · disparager · enemy · adversary

active engagement

devoteenonfan

One without enthusiasm

agnostic · bystander · outsider · nonparticipant · unbeliever

Phrases
Family

devoted, devotion, devote, devotes, devotional, devotees, devotions

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