Noun: fiend feend
- An evil supernatural being
"The ancient text warned of fiends that could possess the weak-minded";
- devil, demon, daemon [archaic], daimon [archaic]
- A cruel wicked and inhuman person
"The fiend showed no remorse for his heinous crimes";
- monster, devil, demon, ogre
- [informal] A person obsessively devoted to a particular interest or activity
"He was a fitness fiend who spent hours at the gym every day";
- fanatic
Derived forms: fiends
Type of: disagreeable person, enthusiast, evil spirit, partisan, partizan [rare], unpleasant person
Encyclopedia: Fiend