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fanbase

fanbase

11 3.0
A group of people who really like and support someone or something
  • noun
  • /ˈfænˌbeɪs/
  • Texting
translation icon : base de seguidores
  • The singer was grateful for her loyal fanbase, who supported her through thick and thin.
  • a cult fanbase

And we solicited questions from our eager fanbase, our patrons, Patreon members.

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Examples

  • And we solicited questions from our eager fanbase, our patrons, Patreon members.

  • "We've kind of had a hard time figuring out how to be a fanbase," he said.

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  • We got your whole, like, fanbase in the house today.

  • But then I might just lose the connection with some of the fanbase and it might slow down the the global reach.

  • I was still working five days a week, but but that was it then and the fanbase had really started to grow.

  • But as the years pass, her fanbase gets smaller.

  • Another segment of the fanbase had slightly different ideas about how this season would go.

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  • You've got a tremendous fanbase out there.

  • I've seen the extent of the fanbase, the emotion that exists within the fanbase, the scale of the club.

  • Halo 4 has only just been released, and it's already dividing the fanbase right down the middle.

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Synonyms

fan base
vsfanbase
38 3.2

A group of people who strongly support someone like a singer or sports team

is written as a single word rather than as two separate words
fandom
vsfanbase
  • Texting
31 3.6

A group of fans who share an interest in the same show, person, or team

is the neutral collective of enthusiastic supporters rather than a subculture
following
vsfanbase
3 3.2

A group of people who support and admire a person or idea

is limited to enthusiastic supporters of a person, team, or thing rather than ideas
followership
vsfanbase
1 6.1

A group of people who support and are loyal to a person or idea

is about enthusiastic supporters of people, teams, or things rather than organizational loyalty
fanship
vsfanbase
6.5

A group of people who like and support someone or something

is specifically the group of enthusiastic supporters, not the personal state
standom
vsfanbase
  • Jargon
9.6

A group of fans who support the same famous person or artist

is broader, covering enthusiastic groups around teams, products, or other things
followers
vsfanbase
2.1

People who strongly support and admire a person or group

is the collective of enthusiastic and devoted supporters rather than casual observers

Antonyms

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

5 5.8

Not feeling interested in something, like a talk or task

How Big

fanbase
  • Texting
11 3.0
fanship
6.5
handful
315 1.0

Surface Forms

fanbase singular
fanbases plural

Morphology

fanbase = fan + base (transparent) = fan + base

The meaning is directly derived from the combination of 'fan' (enthusiastic supporter) and 'base' (group/support), so learners can infer the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

The word fanbase comes from fan, short for 'fanatic' and meaning 'very enthusiastic', and base, meaning 'group' or 'foundation'. So, a fanbase is the group of loyal supporters who form the 'base' for a person, team, or thing.