Synonyms for fan
fæn, fɑnfan

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. fan

   Synonyms:
   agitate, arouse, excite, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up

   Antonyms:
   allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize

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1. fannoun

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

   Synonyms:
   lover, buff, rooter, devotee, sports fan

2. sports fan, fan, rooternoun

   an enthusiastic devotee of sports

   Synonyms:
   lover, buff, rooter, devotee, sports fan

3. fan, buff, devotee, loververb

   an ardent follower and admirer

   Synonyms:
   sports fan, buffer, rooter, devotee, lover, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown, buff, caramel

4. fanverb

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

   Synonyms:
   winnow

5. fanverb

   make (an emotion) fiercer

   "fan hatred"

   Synonyms:
   winnow

6. fanverb

   agitate the air

   Synonyms:
   winnow

7. winnow, fanverb

   separate the chaff from by using air currents

   "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, winnow

Matched Categories

1. • Agitate
   • Baseball
   • Device
   • Intensify
   • Strike Out

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grille

   because it has a fan in the grille

   i just turned off the fan on the grille

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

2. stan

   Submitted by ryan_1 on July 18, 2020  

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1. fannoun

   Synonyms:
   flabellum (Eccl.)

   Associated words:
   brin, panache, plicate, plicated

2. fanverb

   Synonyms:
   winnow, cool, ventilate, stimulate, rouse, foment, provoke, encourage

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "fan":

   blower, fans, admirer, ventilator, cone, pham, vent, powder, groupie, supporter, suction, van, ventilation

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How to use fan in a sentence?

1. Rae Lin:

   Lurou fan is the more ordinary and down-to-earth dish for any Taiwanese, from your mother's version of lurou fan to the one served in a restaurant, it's the one dish we truly can't live without.

2. Brian Hickerson:

   To clarify, I was enjoying a Miller 'Latte' [slang for Miller Lite], and Hayden was not drinking, we went to a new restaurant that is Texas-based, and being a Southern guy, I'm a big fan of country music. So yes, there was some line dancing involved. Hayden and I are not back together but are working on a friendship.

3. Jodie Comer:

   I feel like my dad is watching it as a fan, not just because Im in it.

4. Craig Waldman:

   Having a live fan element is going to be a thing for the future, once a vaccine is found.

5. Jennifer Aniston:

   You’ve always been so sweet, you really are a genuine ['Friends'] fan. It’s amazing. We’ve known each other for years. You’ve been to my house. We’ve had pizza. Girl after my own heart, do we love a pizza or what? We love a pizza.