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Nouns (10)

fan

n. a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

out

n. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

out

n. a return or service that does not land within the in-bounds limits

fan, sports fan

n. an enthusiastic devotee of sports

fan, buff, lover, devotee, afficionado

n. an ardent follower and admirer

Verbs (12)

fan

v. agitate the air

out

v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"

fan, make fiercer

v. make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"

fan, strike out

v. strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

winnow, fan

v. separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

out, come out, be disclosed, be revealed

v. be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"

Adverbs (5)

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

out, away

adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"

out, away from home

adv. "They went out last night"

Adjectives (30)

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

out

adj. no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"

out

adj. directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

out

adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

out, exterior

adj. outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"

out, outlying

adj. outer or outlying; "the out islands"

out, unfashionable

adj. (unpopular)

out, retired

adj. not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"

out, extinct, extinguished, quenched

adj. being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

out, gone, away

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned, knocked out

adj. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

out, taboo, tabu, prohibited, forbidden, proscribed

adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

Fuzzynyms (130)

booster, friend, admirer, supporter, champion, protagonist

n. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

disciple, adherent

n. someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

fan, buff, lover, devotee, afficionado

n. an ardent follower and admirer

regular, habitue, habitué

n. a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture"

partisan, zealot

n. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

follower

n. someone who travels behind or pursues another

traditionalist, diehard

n. one who adheres to traditional views

extremist

n. a person who holds extreme views

lunatic, madman, maniac

n. an insane person

follower

n. a person who accepts the leadership of another

addict

n. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"

fan, sports fan

n. an enthusiastic devotee of sports

regular, habitue, habitué

n. a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture"

apostle

n. an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"

believer, worshiper, worshipper

n. a person who has religious faith

convert

n. a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

enthusiast, partisan, partizan

n. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

partisan, zealot

n. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

booster, promoter, plugger

n. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

booster, friend, admirer, supporter, champion, protagonist

n. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

fanatic, fiend

n. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill

pilgrim, palmer

n. someone who journeys in foreign lands

nomad

n. a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

traveler, traveller

n. a person who changes location

bird of passage, wanderer, roamer, rover

n. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist, resister

n. a disputant who advocates reform

follower

n. someone who travels behind or pursues another

traditionalist, diehard

n. one who adheres to traditional views

extremist

n. a person who holds extreme views

lunatic, madman, maniac

n. an insane person

activate, aerate

v. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

air, vent, ventilate, air out

v. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"

blow, be blowing

v. be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"

expand, spread out

v. extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

heat, inflame, stir up, fire up

v. arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

blow, float, drift, be adrift

v. be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

reach, extend, reach out

v. move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"

expand, spread out

v. extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

extend, widen

v. become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

pluck, pick, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

defunct

adj. having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

obsolete

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

wildcat, unauthorized

adj. without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"

banned, prohibited

adj. forbidden by law

illegitimate, outlaw, unlawful, illicit, outlawed

adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

wrong, incorrect

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

unutterable, ineffable, unspeakable, unnameable

adj. too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"

Synonyms (79)

antique, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, demode, old-hat, passe, passee, old hat, out of fashion, out of style, démodé

adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

dated

adj. marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

dowdy, frumpy, frumpish

adj. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

prehistoric

adj. no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

outward, departing, outbound, outward-bound

adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

effluent, outflowing

adj. that is flowing outward

past, retiring, preceding

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

attempted

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

defeated, frustrated, disappointed, foiled, thwarted

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

undone, ruined, done for, sunk, washed-up

adj. doomed to extinction

down-and-out

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

empty-handed, unrewarded

adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

failing, failed

adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

hitless, scoreless, goalless

adj. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning"

self-defeating

adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

unfulfilled, unrealized

adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

unplaced

adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition

winless

adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"

outer

adj. being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"

outside

adj. originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

outside

adj. on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane"

satellite

adj. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"

disliked

adj. regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked"

less-traveled

adj. not visited by many travelers; "the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries"

disconnected

adj. not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected"

drained, run-down

adj. drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

invalid, irrelevant

adj. no longer having force or currency: "a dead issue"; "a dead law"

out of play

adj. (of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead"

lacking, wanting, nonexistent, missing

adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"

truant, awol

adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

comatose

adj. in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"

senseless, insensible

adj. unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

nonconscious

adj. concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; "nonconscious psychic processes"

out cold

adj. (unconscious)

semicomatose

adj. in a state of partial coma

subconscious

adj. just below the level of consciousness

unmentionable

adj. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words"

untouchable

adj. forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"

Antonyms (23)

smooth, smoothen, make smoother, make smooth

v. make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood"

fold, turn up, fold up

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

assuage, mollify, appease, gentle, pacify, lenify, placate, gruntle

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

adj. holding office; "the in party"

internal

adj. happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"

inside

adj. relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"

safe

adj. having reached a base without being put out; "the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball"

present

adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

permissible

adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

fan out

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