ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfervor
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fervor
Meaning: intense feeling or enthusiasm
fervor in a sentence
How fervor is used in real sentences:
She defended her view with great fervor.
She defended her view with great fervor.
“Community events created a different confound: after a charity drive, civic fervor carried into the laboratory, and transfers briefly increased.”
— from the passage Signals at the Table
Synonyms for fervor
Other words for fervor — zeal, passion and ardor — carry the same meaning.
- zeal
- passion
- ardor
Antonyms of fervor
Words that mean the opposite of fervor:
- apathy
- indifference
Where it comes from
From Latin fervere 'to boil'
Memory hook
FERVOR — boiling FER-VOR of feeling.