Zeal

//zil//

Synonyms for "zeal" (215 found)

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Noun(3 words)
ardoureagernessardor

Strong matches (65)

Related words (107)

fussgamenessgift of tonguesglossolaliagoadgoodwillgustoheartheartinessheatheatednesshubbubhurrahimpassionednessinclinationinquietudeinspirationintensityintentnesskeenness
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livelinessloveloyaltymalaisemisgivingnervous strainnervous tensionnervousnessoveranxietyoverdevoutnessoverpiousnessoverreligiousnessoverrighteousnessoverzealousnesspandemoniumpassionpassionatenesspentecostalismperturbationpietypins and needlespliabilitypliancypromptnesspuckerpushracketragereceptive moodreceptivenessreceptivityrelishresolutionresponsivenessrevivalrevivalismright moodrowruckusrumpussanctimonysavorseriousnesssinceritysolicitudesoulsparklespiritstewstorminessstrainsuspensetempestuousnesstensiontractabilitytroubletumulttumultuousnessturbulenceturmoiluneasinessungrudgingnessunloathnessunquietnessunreluctanceuproarupseturgencyvehemencevervevexationwarmthwarmth of feelingwildnesswilling earwilling heartwillingnesszealotismzealotryzealousnesszest

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Translations

105 translations across 51 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • cenë noun (fervour or devotion)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ζῆλος noun (fervour or devotion)
  • προθυμία noun (fervour or devotion)
  • σπουδή noun (fervour or devotion)

Arabic

3 entries
  • جهد noun (fervour or devotion)
  • جُهْد noun (fervour or devotion)
  • حَمَاس noun (fervour or devotion)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նախանձախնդրություն noun (fervour or devotion)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • canfəşanlıq noun (fervour or devotion)
  • şövq noun (fervour or devotion)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • запа́л noun (fervour or devotion)
  • заўзя́тасць noun (fervour or devotion)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • стара́ние noun (fervour or devotion)
  • стреме́ж noun (fervour or devotion)
  • усъ́рдие noun (fervour or devotion)

Catalan

1 entries
  • zel noun (fervour or devotion)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏚᎩᎬᏗ noun (fervour or devotion)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 激情 noun (fervour or devotion)
  • 熱心 /热心 noun (fervour or devotion)
  • 熱忱 /热忱 noun (fervour or devotion)
  • 熱情 /热情 noun (fervour or devotion)

Cornish

1 entries
  • diwysykter noun (fervour or devotion)

Czech

1 entries
  • horlivost noun (fervour or devotion)

Danish

1 entries
  • iver noun (fervour or devotion)

Dutch

2 entries
  • geestdrift noun (fervour or devotion)
  • ijver noun (fervour or devotion)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fervoro noun (fervour or devotion)

Finnish

3 entries
  • into noun (fervour or devotion)
  • intohimo noun (fervour or devotion)
  • kiihko noun (fervour or devotion)

French

2 entries
  • assiduité noun (fervour or devotion)
  • zèle noun (fervour or devotion)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გულმოდგინება noun (fervour or devotion)
  • თავგამოდება noun (fervour or devotion)
  • სიბეჯითე noun (fervour or devotion)

German

2 entries
  • Begeisterung noun (fervour or devotion)
  • Eifer noun (fervour or devotion)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 noun (fervour or devotion)

Greek

1 entries
  • ζήλος noun (fervour or devotion)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • buzgalom noun (fervour or devotion)
  • buzgóság noun (fervour or devotion)
  • hevület noun (fervour or devotion)
  • hév noun (fervour or devotion)

Ido

1 entries
  • zelo noun (fervour or devotion)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • zelo noun (fervour or devotion)

Irish

1 entries
  • díograis noun (fervour or devotion)

Italian

1 entries
  • zelo noun (fervour or devotion)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 情熱 noun (fervour or devotion)
  • 意気込み noun (fervour or devotion)
  • 気勢 noun (fervour or devotion)
  • 熱情 noun (fervour or devotion)

Korean

1 entries
  • 열정 noun (fervour or devotion)

Latin

4 entries
  • alacritās noun (fervour or devotion)
  • ardor noun (fervour or devotion)
  • fervor noun (fervour or devotion)
  • studium noun (fervour or devotion)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ревност noun (fervour or devotion)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • engasjement noun (fervour or devotion)
  • iver noun (fervour or devotion)

Occitan

1 entries
  • zèl noun (fervour or devotion)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • حرارت noun (fervour or devotion)

Persian

3 entries
  • تَعَصُّب noun (fervour or devotion)
  • شوق noun (fervour or devotion)
  • غِیرَت noun (fervour or devotion)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Iewa noun (fervour or devotion)

Polish

2 entries
  • gorliwość noun (fervour or devotion)
  • zapał noun (fervour or devotion)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • zelo noun (fervour or devotion)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ardoare noun (fervour or devotion)
  • râvnă noun (fervour or devotion)
  • sârguință noun (fervour or devotion)
  • zel noun (fervour or devotion)

Russian

4 entries
  • запа́л noun (fervour or devotion)
  • рве́ние noun (fervour or devotion)
  • стара́ние noun (fervour or devotion)
  • усе́рдие noun (fervour or devotion)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • उत्साह noun (fervour or devotion)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • eud noun (fervour or devotion)

Slovak

1 entries
  • horlivosť noun (fervour or devotion)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afán noun (fervour or devotion)
  • ahincamiento noun (fervour or devotion)
  • ahincanza noun (fervour or devotion)
  • ahínco noun (fervour or devotion)

Swedish

3 entries
  • iver noun (fervour or devotion)
  • nit noun (fervour or devotion)
  • nitälskan noun (fervour or devotion)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ғайрат noun (fervour or devotion)

Tocharian B

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  • spelkke noun (fervour or devotion)

Turkish

3 entries
  • heves noun (fervour or devotion)
  • hırs noun (fervour or devotion)
  • şevk noun (fervour or devotion)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́пал noun (fervour or devotion)
  • завзя́ття noun (fervour or devotion)
  • завзя́тість noun (fervour or devotion)
  • запопа́дливість noun (fervour or devotion)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • gʻayrat noun (fervour or devotion)

Welsh

2 entries
  • aidd msêl noun (fervour or devotion)
  • selogrwydd noun (fervour or devotion)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • toolangi noun (fervour or devotion)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Zeal for your house will consume me.

Source: tatoeba (70794)

Success is due less to ability than to zeal.

Source: tatoeba (271328)

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

Source: tatoeba (277038)

He did it with great zeal.

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