sports enthusiast
Avid team follower
A sports enthusiast is someone with strong interest in athletic competition, whether as a spectator, participant, or both.
The term covers casual fans who follow their favorite teams to devoted followers who consume statistics, attend games, and organize their schedules around sporting events: He's a sports enthusiast who never misses a Giants game.
- fanAdmirer or air mover
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
- junkiePerson with compulsive dependency
- followerOne who supports another
supporter · devotee · stadium · jersey · tailgate · face paint · cheering · bleachers · scoreboard · big game · playoffs · championship · team · rivalry · trash talk · adrenaline · victory · defeat
sports enthusiastnon-fan
One lacking enthusiasm
casual viewer · fair-weather fan · couch potato · bookworm · culture vulture
sports enthusiastculture vulture
Eager consumer of arts
bookworm · intellectual · aesthete · cinephile · highbrow
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