zeal

Speech parts

1. zeal - Noun

2. zeal - Verb

Meaning

A zealot.

Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

To be zealous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

elan energy industry fire love mania ardor pep vim drive spirit concentration intensity commitment loyalty
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Antonyms

policy malice loathing detestation opposition hate
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Hypernyms

fire ardor fervor eagerness keenness ardour

Related terms

jealous jealousy zealous zealot zealously zealotry

Phrases with the word

religious zeal with zeal excessive zeal overenthusiastic zeal excess of zeal music zeal

Anagrams

laze Elza Leza zale

Examples

If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father? Isaac the Syrian

Zeal will do more than knowledge. William Hazlitt

For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols. Aldous Huxley

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. English Proverb

Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. English Proverb

Zeal is like fire: it needs both feeding and watching. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

zea saccharata zeacarotene zeagonite Zealand Zealander Zealandia