fan (n.)
- abettor
- adherent
- admirer
- advocate
- aerator
- aficionado
- air
- airscrew
- amateur
- angel
- annoy
- apologist
- appendage
- applauder
- appreciator
- arouse
- attendant
- attender
- audience
- authority
- awake
- backer
- blower
- bomb
- booster
- branch
- buff
- bug
- champion
- chiller
- collector
- connoisseur
- cooler
- courtier
- crank
- critic
- crotch
- crutch
- defender
- delta
- dependence
- dependent
- devotee
- dilettante
- disciple
- driver
- endorser
- enthusiast
- eulogist
- expert
- exponent
- extoller
- fanatic
- fancier
- ferment
- fire
- flame
- flare
- flop
- flunky
- fold
- follower
- following
- fork
- freak
- frenzy
- frequenter
- frisk
- furcula
- groin
- groupie
- habitue
- hanger-on
- heat
- henchman
- hound
- idolater
- idolizer
- impeller
- incense
- inguen
- lauder
- lover
- mainstay
- maintainer
- monomaniac
- move
- nettle
- nut
- offshoot
- open
- overrun
- panegyrist
- parasite
- partisan
- patron
- pique
- piston
- plugger
- praiser
- promoter
- prong
- prop
- propellant
- propeller
- protagonist
- public
- puffer
- pundit
- punkah
- pursuer
- rally
- ramification
- reliance
- rooter
- rotor
- rouse
- ruffle
- satellite
- savant
- scholar
- screw
- second
- seconder
- sectary
- shadow
- sider
- specialist
- spectator
- splay
- sponsor
- sprawl
- spread
- stalwart
- standby
- stem
- stir
- stooge
- successor
- support
- supporter
- sustainer
- sympathizer
- tail
- technician
- theatergoer
- tickle
- tout
- touter
- trainbearer
- trident
- turbine
- upholder
- ventilator
- visitor
- votary
- wake
- warm
- well-wisher
- wheel
- whiff
- wind
- winnow
- wishbone
- worshiper
- zealot
fan (v.)
- advocate
- aerate
- agitate
- air
- air-condition
- air-cool
- annoy
- arouse
- awake
- awaken
- bomb
- branch
- buff
- bug
- champion
- crank
- deploy
- disperse
- enkindle
- enrage
- excite
- expand
- extend
- ferment
- fire
- flame
- flare
- flop
- flummox
- fold
- foment
- fork
- freak
- freshen
- frisk
- groin
- heat
- hound
- incense
- incite
- infatuate
- inflame
- infuriate
- instigate
- kindle
- madden
- move
- nettle
- nut
- open
- overgrow
- overrun
- oxygenate
- oxygenize
- pique
- prop
- provoke
- rally
- ramify
- refresh
- rouse
- ruffle
- satellite
- screw
- second
- shadow
- sider
- splay
- sponsor
- sprawl
- spread
- stem
- stir
- stooge
- support
- tail
- tickle
- tout
- unfold
- ventilate
- wake
- waken
- warm
- wheel
- whet
- whiff
- widen
- wind
- winnow
I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep
And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth
That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Brain him with his lady's fan.