Meaning & use
music enthusiast
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person who enjoys listening to music very much and often knows a lot about it.
Grammar: Countable: use 'a music enthusiast' or the plural 'music enthusiasts'.
Patterns
- a music enthusiast
- music enthusiasts
My uncle is a real music enthusiast — he owns more than a thousand records.
The festival attracts music enthusiasts from all over the country.
As a music enthusiast, she spends most weekends at concerts.
Word forms
| plural | music enthusiasts |
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Common combinations
- a keen music enthusiast
- He's a keen music enthusiast who never misses a live show.
- a classical music enthusiast
- Classical music enthusiasts filled the concert hall.
- attract music enthusiasts
- The new radio station attracts young music enthusiasts.
Synonyms and how they differ
- music lover
- More common and slightly warmer in tone; 'music enthusiast' sounds a little more formal.
- music fan
- Usually suggests someone who follows particular bands or singers, not music in general.
Word family
- enthusiasm noun
- Strong feeling of interest and excitement about something.
- enthusiastic adjective
- Showing strong interest and excitement.
Commonly confused: music enthusiast or musician?
music enthusiast vs musician
A musician plays or writes music; a music enthusiast mainly listens to and enjoys it.
Practice
My sister is such a music ___ that she goes to a concert every week.
Choose one answer.
'Enthusiast' is the noun for a person, which fits after 'a music'. 'Enthusiasm' is the feeling, not the person, and 'enthusiastic' is an adjective.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “music enthusiast”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.