He is very zealous in his study of English.
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Zealous
Synonyms for "zealous" (200 found)
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in the mindin the moodinclinedindefatigableindustriousinfatuatedinflamedintenseintentintent onintoxicatedkeenlaboriouslivelyloyalmadmadcapmindedmisgivingnervous
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6 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 43 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ywerig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόθυμος adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Arabic
2 entries- حَمَاسِيّ adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- مُتَحَمِّس adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Armenian
2 entries- եռանդուն adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- փութաջան adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ревностен adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- усърден adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Catalan
1 entries- zelós adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەروەر adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏚᎩᎠᏓᏕᎵᏎᏗ adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 熱心 /热心 adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- 狂熱 /狂热 adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Cornish
1 entries- diwysyk adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Czech
1 entries- horlivý adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Danish
2 entries- entusiastisk adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ivrig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Dutch
2 entries- ijverig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- vlijtig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Estonian
2 entries- agar adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- innukas adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Finnish
2 entries- innokas adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- intohimoinen adj (full of zeal; ardent)
French
1 entries- zélé adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Galician
1 entries- celoso adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Georgian
2 entries- გულანთებული adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- გულმოდგინე adj (full of zeal; ardent)
German
2 entries- begeistert adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- eifrig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Hungarian
1 entries- buzgó adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Ido
2 entries- zelanta adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- zeloza adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Interlingua
1 entries- zelose adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Irish
1 entries- dúthrachtach adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Italian
1 entries- zelante adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Japanese
1 entries- 熱心な adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Latin
3 entries- ardēns adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- studiōsus adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ācer adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pavydus adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Māori
4 entries- ngangahau adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ngākaunui adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- whitawhita adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- whiwhita adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Norwegian
4 entries- engasjert adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- flittig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ivrig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- nidkjær adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- حرارتلو adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Polish
3 entries- zagorzały adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- zapamiętały adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- żarliwy adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Portuguese
1 entries- zeloso adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Russian
3 entries- ре́вностный adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- рья́ный adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- усе́рдный adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Scots
1 entries- guidwillt adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dealasach adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- dian adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- gorljiv adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Spanish
4 entries- afanoso adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ahincado adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- celoso adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ferviente adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- fayafaya adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Swedish
4 entries- entusiastisk adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- hänförd adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- hängiven adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- ivrig adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Tagalog
1 entries- salurapa adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Thai
2 entries- กระตือรือร้น adj (full of zeal; ardent)
- กระเหี้ยนกระหือรือ adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Tocharian B
1 entries- spelkkessu adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Welsh
1 entries- selog adj (full of zeal; ardent)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He was zealous in satisfying his employer.
Source: tatoeba (301839)
It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.
Source: tatoeba (534598)
He's a very zealous worker.
Source: tatoeba (2258591)
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