'Fanatical' definitions:
Definition of 'fanatical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid]
Definition of 'Fanatical'
From: GCIDE
- Fanatical \Fa*nat"ic*al\, a. Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -{Fa*nat"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fa*nat"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fanatical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agog,
- ardent,
- at fever pitch,
- authoritarian,
- balking,
- balky,
- bigot,
- bigoted,
- borne,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- burning,
- case-hardened,
- closed,
- compulsive,
- constricted,
- cramped,
- creedbound,
- deaf,
- deaf to reason,
- delirious,
- distracted,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- enthusiastic,
- excessive,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- extremist,
- fanatic,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- frantic,
- frenetic,
- frenzied,
- furious,
- haggard,
- hard-core,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- heated,
- hectic,
- hidebound,
- hot,
- hotheaded,
- hysteric,
- illiberal,
- immoderate,
- infatuated,
- inflamed,
- inordinate,
- insane,
- insular,
- intolerant,
- irrational,
- little,
- little-minded,
- mad,
- madcap,
- maniacal,
- mean,
- mean-minded,
- mean-spirited,
- monomaniacal,
- mulish,
- narrow,
- narrow-hearted,
- narrow-minded,
- narrow-souled,
- narrow-spirited,
- nearsighted,
- obsessive,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- overanxious,
- overdesirous,
- overdevout,
- overeager,
- overenthusiastic,
- overreligious,
- overrighteous,
- overzealous,
- parochial,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- persevering,
- pertinacious,
- petty,
- pigheaded,
- provincial,
- purblind,
- rabid,
- red-hot,
- restive,
- sanctimonious,
- scorching,
- self-willed,
- set,
- shortsighted,
- small,
- small-minded,
- stiff-necked,
- straitlaced,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- tenacious,
- totally committed,
- ultrareligious,
- ultrazealous,
- uncatholic,
- uncharitable,
- uncooperative,
- ungenerous,
- unliberal,
- unreasonable,
- unregenerate,
- white-hot,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- willful,
- zealotic,
- zealous