fervor
Burning inner drive
Fervor is intense, passionate feeling—the heat of enthusiasm or devotion.
Religious fervor drives believers to extraordinary acts.
Patriotic fervor swells during wartime.
Revolutionary fervor topples governments.
The word suggests emotion strong enough to be almost physical: She spoke with such fervor that the crowd was moved to tears.
British spelling: fervour.
Combustion with flames
- warmthHeat you feel
- burningCombustion in progress
- flameBurning gas made visible
- heatTransferred thermal energy
glow · fieriness · blaze · smolder · ignite · kindle · spark · combustion
Intense fond attachment
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
obsession · devotion · adoration · ardor · intensity · heartfelt · impassioned · rapture
Zealous effort for change
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
advocacy · activism · zealot · vehemence · single-minded · unrelenting · tireless · driven
State of eager enthusiasm
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- energyPower to do work
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
gusto · verve · spiritedness · vivacity · ebullience · zest · buoyancy · liveliness
Trust without proof
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- pietySincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
loyalty · allegiance · prayer · spirituality · devoutness · consecration · faithful · steadfast
Forceful emotional passion
- forceStrength or compulsion
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- furyIntense violent anger
- depthDistance below surface
ferocity · urgency · extremity · heightened · acute · concentrated · overwhelming · unrestrained
Return after decline
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- hallelujahJoyful exclamation of gratitude
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
salvation · born-again · praise · worship · spirit-filled · evangelical · anointing · rapturous
fire
Combustion with flames
heat · glow · fieriness · blaze · smolder · ignite · kindle · spark · combustion · incandescence
love
Intense fond attachment
infatuation · obsession · devotion · adoration · ardor · intensity · heartfelt · impassioned · rapture · ecstasy
crusade
Zealous effort for change
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
proselytize · advocacy · activism · zealot · vehemence · single-minded · unrelenting · tireless · driven · zealotry
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- energyPower to do work
animation · gusto · verve · spiritedness · vivacity · ebullience · zest · buoyancy · liveliness · dynamism
faith
Trust without proof
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- pietySincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
dedication · loyalty · allegiance · prayer · spirituality · devoutness · consecration · faithful · steadfast · unwavering
vehemence
Forceful emotional passion
depth · ferocity · urgency · extremity · heightened · acute · concentrated · overwhelming · unrestrained · explosive
revival
Return after decline
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- hallelujahJoyful exclamation of gratitude
testimony · salvation · born-again · praise · worship · spirit-filled · evangelical · anointing · rapturous · sanctified
- patriotismnational anthem, national flags, love of country, patriotism, flag waving
- fanaticismfanaticism, zealotry, zealot, fanatic, extremism
- pietydevoutness, holiness, piousness, godliness, righteousness
- religious fervorzeal, zealotry, fanaticism, devotion, religious zeal
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
fervorapathy
Absence of feeling
coldness · indifference · passionlessness · coolness · dispassion
fervorfrigidity
Extreme coldness or aloofness
aloofness · reserve · reservedness · reticence · frigidness
- religious fervorIntense spiritual devotion
- patriotic fervorIntense devotion to homeland
- fervent prayerIntensely passionate religious appeal
- spiritual fervorPassionate religious enthusiasm
- revolutionary fervorPassionate drive for upheaval
- evangelical fervorPassionate religious enthusiasm for spreading faith
fervent, effervescent, fervid, fervently, effervescence, effervesce, fervency, fervors, fervour