Fan and Stand in

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Fan noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.

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Stand in is an antonym for fan.

Nearby Word: fanatic

Stand in verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Fan is an antonym for stand in in topics: person who performs, person who acts in performance.

It seems that the hard-working scholar-diplomat Pope Clement VIII was already a big fan of coffee, and wasn't about to let some stuffy old-fashioned advisors stand in the way of progress or his all-nighters.

Source: Must Have Caffeine
Mayl, in particular, gets all the hatred of the yaoi fans (not to mention a humiliating Fan Nickname) for daring to stand in the way of Lan/Chaud... never mind that Lan/Mayl is the Official Couple, as the sixth game shows in the ending.

Source: Die For Our Ship / Video Games

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