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How is the word fervid different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of fervid are ardent, fervent, impassioned, passionate, and perfervid. While all these words mean "showing intense feeling," fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.

fervid love letters

When is ardent a more appropriate choice than fervid?

The words ardent and fervid are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.

an ardent supporter of human rights

When might fervent be a better fit than fervid?

While the synonyms fervent and fervid are close in meaning, fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.

fervent good wishes

Where would impassioned be a reasonable alternative to fervid?

The meanings of impassioned and fervid largely overlap; however, impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.

an impassioned plea for justice

When would passionate be a good substitute for fervid?

While in some cases nearly identical to fervid, passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.

a passionate denunciation

When is it sensible to use perfervid instead of fervid?

In some situations, the words perfervid and fervid are roughly equivalent. However, perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.

perfervid expressions of patriotism

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fervid In 1956, Bauer became the attorney general of West Germany’s largest state and issued an arrest warrant for Adolf Eichmann, the fervid SS chieftain who had engineered the deportation of Jews from across Europe to the death camps. Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 Both planets are creating a fervid energy that juxtaposes with the tender Cancer moon. Lisa Stardust, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 The fervid love conquest inspires a wager between La Muerte (Kate del Castillo), ruler of the Land of the Remembered, and Xibalba (Ron Perlman), ruler of the Land of the Forgotten. Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 That friend, who lives in a blue house down the street, is now a fervid supporter of former President Donald Trump. Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fervid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fervid
Adjective
  • Tapping Into The Power Of Fandom Arts organizations tend to have passionate fan bases that rival those of professional sports teams and music artists.
    Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Beyond football, Sanders is equally passionate about advancing women’s sports.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
  • Decibel readers in the rafters of the arena can measure the loudest seats in the building, and the Clippers reward those fans with prizes to incentivize more fervent cheering.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • By de-emphasizing the will of not just Poles but also Ukrainians, Hubris underplays the key factor that brought Putin to the point of annexing Crimea in 2014: Ukraine’s fervent hope for closer trade ties with the EU.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Her viral speech in Minneapolis in 2020 remains one of the most searing indictments of state violence in recent memory.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Storms in the South can topple shade trees, opening yards to the searing summer sun.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether the same can be said of his remaining time at the club will be a hot topic come the summer window.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Dozens of children tragically perish each year in cars that quickly heat up when left in the hot sun, even if the temperatures don't feel hot out.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Deals on seating Deals on outdoor rugs Deals on pools and hot tubs Deals on fire pits Deals on storage Deals lights and umbrella Deals on seating Seating areas can create a focal point in your garden decor and are a great place to relax in warmer weather.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • However, evidence increasingly suggests that early in its life, Mars was a warm and wet planet much like our own.
    Jonathan O’Callaghan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The missions became more intense as Japan's outlook grew more dire and the military showcased the sacrifice of the pilots to drum up patriotism and support for the war.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Next, the authors report that repressive techniques are often effective in suppressing protest in the short run but tend to make resistance more intense in the long term.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Fervid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fervid. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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