ardor
Fire within someone
Ardor is intense feeling—passion, enthusiasm, or fervent devotion.
The word suggests heat: the ardor of young love, revolutionary ardor.
Someone pursues a goal with ardor when they burn for it.
The British spelling is ardour.
Intense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- flameBurning gas made visible
fervor · intensity · obsession · craving · hunger · lust · rapture · ecstasy
Obsessive, unreasoning dedication
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
crusading · evangelism · proselytizing · campaigning · radicalism · extremism · partisanship · dogmatism
Intense willingness to act
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
keenness · avidity · vivacity · spiritedness · energy · verve · vim · vigor
Intense fond attachment
- adorationProfound loving regard
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
fondness · tenderness · enamor · smitten · infatuation · courtship · wooing · pursuit
Heat you feel
- burningCombustion in progress
- blazeIntense burning fire
- flameBurning gas made visible
- glowSteady, soft light
fire · hotness · fieriness · combustion · conflagration · scorch · searing · smolder
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
staunchness · earnestness · sincerity · loyalty · steadfastness · faithfulness · piety · devoutness
desire
Intense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
flame · fervor · intensity · obsession · craving · hunger · lust · rapture · ecstasy · abandon
fanaticism
Obsessive, unreasoning dedication
fervor · crusading · evangelism · proselytizing · campaigning · radicalism · extremism · partisanship · dogmatism · zealotry
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
animation · keenness · avidity · vivacity · spiritedness · energy · verve · vim · vigor · dynamism
love
Intense fond attachment
affection · fondness · tenderness · enamor · smitten · infatuation · courtship · wooing · pursuit · entrancement
warmth
Heat you feel
glow · fire · hotness · fieriness · combustion · conflagration · scorch · searing · smolder · incandescence
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
constancy · staunchness · earnestness · sincerity · loyalty · steadfastness · faithfulness · piety · devoutness · single-mindedness
- religious fervorfervor, zeal, zealotry, fanaticism, devotion
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- fervorpassion, zeal, enthusiasm, eagerness, gusto
- fervor synonymszeal, passion, enthusiasm, eagerness, fervor
ardorapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · coldness · frigidity · impassivity · passionlessness
ardorcoolness
Calm self-possession
aloofness · reserve · frigidness · coldness · chilliness
ardorapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · unconcern · listlessness · languor · lethargy