superfan
/sˈupɚfˌæn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An extremely dedicated fan (enthusiast).
Example Sentences
- "Baseball has its superstars, pro football has created a superbowl, and college football is stuck with the superfans."
- "Subscription and fan donations can enable creators with even modest audience sizes to earn substantial amounts. These direct fan payment models facilitate greater monetization of highly-engaged superfans, in contrast with ad-based models that reward scale and reach."
- "Now, finally, there’s growing agreement about his obvious unfitness. Indeed, some former Trump superfans are suddenly wondering if he might be the Antichrist."
- "Even at time of writing, it is not remotely clear what has or hasn’t been happening – whether a smaller private wedding had taken place in advance and this was all a post-hoc celebration, whether the size of the venue meant some superfans would be admitted for a glimpse, whether – and this is a big plotline – heavily oxidised former BFF Blake Lively would be a bridesmaid, or even attending at all."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan English superfan From super- + fan.