enthusiast
/ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/noun
enthusiast is spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, enthusiast means “A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of enthusiast is enthusiasts.
How many letters and syllables are in enthusiast?
| Letters | 10: E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is enthusiast?
Enthusiast appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce enthusiast?
- UK /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/
- UK /-θjuː-/
- UK /-əst/
Enthusiast has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-enthusiast.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of enthusiast
- enthusiasts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enthusiast mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
- 2
archaicA person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Enthusiast in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | passionné, amateur , enthousiaste, zélote |
| German | Enthusiast |
| Portuguese | entusiasta |
| Spanish | entusiasta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does enthusiast come from?
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).