fervent
Burning with zeal
Fervent describes intense feeling or passion—ardent, zealous, burning with conviction.
A fervent believer holds deep faith.
A fervent supporter advocates with tireless enthusiasm.
Fervent prayers come from genuine spiritual urgency.
The word suggests heat: emotions that glow rather than simmer.
She was a fervent advocate for prison reform.
Intensely enthusiastic or devoted
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
intense · zealous · enthusiastic · vigorous · fierce · animated · spirited · emphatic
Loyally and lovingly attached
- dedicatedWholly committed to something
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- loyalFirm in allegiance
faithful · unwavering · staunch · resolute · constant · true · allegiant · adherent
Sincerely intense in purpose
- sincereGenuinely felt, not feigned
- genuineTruly what it claims
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- wholeheartedFully and sincerely committed
unfeigned · honest · true · deep · profound · authentic · real · serious
ardent
Intensely enthusiastic or devoted
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
fiery · intense · zealous · enthusiastic · vigorous · fierce · animated · spirited · emphatic · forceful
devoted
Loyally and lovingly attached
- dedicatedWholly committed to something
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
loyal · faithful · unwavering · staunch · resolute · constant · true · allegiant · adherent · unswerving
earnest
Sincerely intense in purpose
wholehearted · unfeigned · honest · true · deep · profound · authentic · real · serious · solemn
conviction
Firmly held belief
assurance · creed · doctrine · ideology · principle · dogma · tenet · orthodoxy · fundamentalism · evangelism
zealot
Obsessive cause supporter
champion · partisan · evangelist · reformer · proponent · campaigner · firebrand · agitator · militant · radical
- commitment levelscommitted, dedicated, devoted, loyal, faithful
- expressivenessexpressive, eloquent, emotive, articulate, demonstrative
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- faith labelsbeliever, nonbeliever, atheist, agnostic, theist
- religious stancesdevout, pious, faithful, atheist, agnostic
- energy levelsenergetic, energized, hyped, exhausted, fatigued
ferventapathetic
Without feeling or concern
indifferent · cold · dispassionate · impassive · unemotional
ferventunenthusiastic
Without eagerness or passion
halfhearted · indifferent · apathetic · lukewarm · uncaring
- fervent prayerIntensely passionate religious appeal
effervescent, fervently, effervescence, effervesce, fervency, effervesced, ferventness, effervesces, effervescently