fervor

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈfɜrvɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Intense and passionate feeling; great warmth or intensity of emotion, enthusiasm, or zeal.; A state of intense excitement or agitation, often associated with a particular cause or belief.; Archaic: great heat; intense physical warmth.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

with fervorreligious fervorpatriotic fervorrevolutionary fervorevangelical fervor

Derivatives

ferventferventlyfervidfervidlyfervency

Synonyms

passionenthusiasmardorzealintensitydevotion

Antonyms

apathyindifferencecoldness

Commonly confused

fervid
EN: 'Fervid' is the adjective form meaning intensely passionate; 'fervor' is the noun.
fever
EN: 'Fever' refers to elevated body temperature or a state of excitement; 'fervor' refers specifically to intense passion or zeal.

Spelling tips

EN: American English uses 'fervor' while British English uses 'fervour' — both are correct in their respective varieties.

💬 Examples

  1. She spoke with such fervor that the entire audience was moved to their feet.

  2. The political fervor surrounding the election reached a fever pitch in the final weeks.

  3. The fervor of the midday sun made travel nearly impossible.