Definition for Zeal:

• Boiling or passionate ardor for anything: enthusiasm.

Synonyms for Zeal:

• n.

  •
  • effort,
  • dedication,
  • challenge,
  • pursuit,
  • exertion,
  • undertaking,
  • work,
  • heavy lifting,
  • strain.
  •
  • concern,
  • feelings.
  •alacrity (noun)
  • cheerfulness,
  • gaiety,
  • avidity,
  • speed,
  • expedition,
  • alertness,
  • sprightliness,
  • quickness,
  • hilarity,
  • willingness.
  •ambition (noun)
  • striving,
  • thirst,
  • pretension,
  • desire,
  • vigor,
  • itch,
  • craving,
  • aspiration,
  • love,
  • yearning,
  • hope,
  • appetite,
  • right stuff,
  • emulation,
  • longing,
  • hunger.
  •animation (noun)
  • pep,
  • vim,
  • life,
  • buoyancy,
  • zing,
  • esprit,
  • brio,
  • bounce,
  • exhilaration,
  • zip,
  • ebullience,
  • action,
  • élan,
  • dash,
  • excitement,
  • elation.
  •appetite (noun)
  • gluttony,
  • Propensities,
  • taste,
  • demand,
  • fondness,
  • urge,
  • soft spot,
  • Appetition,
  • propensity,
  • penchant,
  • ravenousness,
  • stomach,
  • appetency,
  • sweet tooth,
  • weakness,
  • relish,
  • big eyes,
  • proclivity,
  • liking,
  • greed,
  • hankering,
  • Gluttonies,
  • voracity,
  • appetence.
  •application (noun)
  • attentiveness,
  • attention,
  • assiduity,
  • concentration,
  • busyness,
  • deliberation,
  • study,
  • commitment,
  • consideration.
  •ardor (noun)
  • pep talk,
  • turn on.
  •bug (noun)
  • fad,
  • rage,
  • craze.
  •constancy (noun)
  • adherence,
  • fidelity,
  • faith,
  • firmness,
  • doggedness,
  • allegiance,
  • endurance,
  • principle,
  • fealty,
  • honesty,
  • steadiness,
  • surety,
  • honor,
  • integrity,
  • attachment,
  • resolution,
  • steadfastness,
  • certainty,
  • tenacity,
  • permanence,
  • stability,
  • decision,
  • uniformity.
  •delirium (noun)
  • derangement,
  • aberration,
  • transport,
  • hallucination,
  • fury,
  • dementia,
  • insanity,
  • furor,
  • fever,
  • lunacy,
  • hysteria,
  • ecstasy,
  • frenzy,
  • raving.
  •devotion (noun)
  • devotements.
  •eagerness (noun)
  • impetuosities,
  • intentnesses,
  • greedinesses.
  •earnestness (noun)
  • re-solve,
  • re solves,
  • re solve,
  • serious mindednesses,
  • re-solves,
  • seriousmindedness,
  • seriousmindednesses,
  • serious mindedness,
  • serious-mindednesses.
  •elan (noun)
  • elan.
  •emotion (noun)
  • vibes,
  • responsiveness,
  • vibe,
  • empathy,
  • excitability.
  •energy (noun)
  • might,
  • puissance,
  • power,
  • stamina,
  • potency,
  • snap,
  • spark,
  • strength,
  • effervescence,
  • spunk,
  • drive,
  • force.
  •enterprise (noun)
  • fore-sight,
  • re source,
  • fore sights,
  • re-sources,
  • fore-sights,
  • fore sight,
  • self reliance,
  • re-source,
  • re sources,
  • selfreliance.
  •enthusiasm (noun)
  • ardor.
  •fanaticism (noun)
  • singlemindedness,
  • arbitrariness,
  • obsessiveness,
  • Incorrigibility,
  • in justice,
  • zealotry,
  • partiality,
  • willfulness,
  • single-mindedness,
  • dogma,
  • immoderation,
  • illiberalities,
  • violence,
  • monomania,
  • injustice,
  • illiberality,
  • extremism.
  •feelings (noun)
  • emotion.
  •fervor (noun)
  • wholeheartednesses.
  •fire (noun)
  • calentures,
  • virtuosities.
  •goad (noun)
  • in citations,
  • in-citation,
  • in citation,
  • in-citations.
  •gusto (noun)
  • de lights,
  • de-light,
  • de light,
  • de-lights.
  •heat (noun)
  • ferocity,
  • ferocities.
  •passion (noun)
  • dis tresses,
  • out break,
  • out-burst,
  • flareup,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis tress,
  • out bursts,
  • dis-tresses,
  • out-breaks,
  • out-bursts,
  • out breaks,
  • out-break,
  • out burst.
  •piety (noun)
  • dutifulness,
  • docilities,
  • docility.
  •righteousness (noun)
  • saintlinesses.
  •vigor (noun)
  • lustiness,
  • Ardency,
  • liveliness,
  • industriousness,
  • agility,
  • exuberance,
  • agitation,
  • friskiness.
  •warmth (noun)
  • empressements.
  •zeal (noun)
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • bustle,
  • intensity,
  • vehemence,
  • what-it-takes,
  • sincerity,
  • keenness,
  • readiness,
  • perseverance,
  • determination,
  • fierceness,
  • yen,
  • push,
  • inclination,
  • hustle,
  • dispatch,
  • diligence.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • zealousness,
  • team spirit,
  • school spirit,
  • get-up-and-go,
  • oomph.
  •
  • mania,
  • rhapsody,
  • lust,
  • vitality.
  •
  • warming.
  •
  • go.

Paraphrases for Zeal:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fervor, eagerness, ardour.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    enthusiasm, passion.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fervour, vigour, haste, devotion, ambition, desire.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    diligence, dedication, alacrity, zest, commitment, excitement, craze, willingness, keenness, determination.

Antonyms for Zeal:

• n.

  • alacrity
    disinclination, dullness, slowness, aversion, unwillingness, reluctance.
  • ambition
    laziness, humility, satisfaction, contentment, diffidence.
  • animation
    discouragement, inactivity.
  • appetite
    repulsion, revulsion, loathing, hatred, antipathy, dislike, disgust, distaste.
  • ardor
    coolness, frigidity, coldness.
  • constancy
    fluctuation, change, irregularity, unsteadiness, inconstancy, instability, changeableness.
  • delirium
    calmness, saneness, balance.
  • zeal
    indifference, lethargy, apathy.
  • Other antonyms:
    deadness, caution, calculation, policy, dulness, timidity, wariness, lukewarmness, prudence.

Zeal Sentence Examples:

• And all this is done with a sort of unconsciousness, very gradually, and as the effect of a zeal that was supposed to be Christian.

• Stirr'd by an overwhelming zeal, And social impulse, a terrible throng!

Homophones for Zeal:

• ziel, ziehl, Zele.

Hyponym for Zeal:

• n.

  • feeling
    fervency, ardor, fervour, fire, fervidness, fervor, ardour.