Meaning & use
life enthusiast
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person who enjoys life eagerly and finds pleasure in everyday experiences.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a life enthusiast' or 'life enthusiasts'.
Patterns
- a life enthusiast
- be a life enthusiast
My aunt is a true life enthusiast; she greets every morning with a smile.
The documentary follows a life enthusiast who travels the world on a bicycle.
Word forms
| plural | life enthusiasts |
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Common combinations
- true life enthusiast
- He's a true life enthusiast, always finding joy in small things.
- self-described life enthusiast
- She calls herself a self-described life enthusiast on her profile.
- life enthusiast and traveler
- As a life enthusiast and traveler, he rarely stays home.
Synonyms and how they differ
- optimist
- An optimist expects good things to happen, while a life enthusiast actively enjoys life regardless of what happens.
- bon vivant
- A bon vivant enjoys luxurious food and company; a life enthusiast enjoys all of life, not just fine dining.
Opposites
Word family
- enthusiasm noun
- Great excitement or interest in something.
- enthusiastic adjective
- Showing strong excitement or interest.
- enthusiastically adverb
- In a way that shows strong excitement.
Commonly confused: life enthusiast or enthusiast?
life enthusiast vs enthusiast
An enthusiast is someone who is very interested in a particular activity (e.g., a car enthusiast), while a life enthusiast is specifically enthusiastic about life itself.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'life enthusiast' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Option 0 correctly uses 'life enthusiast' to mean someone who enjoys life. The other options mistakenly use it to mean an enthusiast of a specific thing (art, cooking, jazz), which would be 'art enthusiast', 'cooking enthusiast', etc.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “life enthusiast”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.