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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz, keenness, oomph, passion, pep talk, spirit, turn on, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing |
| Antonyms: | coldness, coolness, frigidity, indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allegiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
| Main Entry: | ambition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire for success |
| Synonyms: | appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal |
| Antonyms: | apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | action, ardor, bounce, brio, briskness, buoyancy, dash, dynamism, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, high spirits, life, oomph, passion, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vibrancy, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
| Synonyms: | abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal |
| Antonyms: | change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | delirium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ardor, dementia, derangement, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fervor, fever, frenzy, furor, fury, hallucination, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, mania, passion, rage, raving, transport, zeal |
| Antonyms: | balance, calmness, saneness |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, longing |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning |
| Antonyms: | aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commitment; loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, adoration, affection, allegiance, ardor, attachment, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotement, devoutness, earnestness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, fealty, fervor, fidelity, fondness, intensity, love, observance, passion, piety, reverence, sanctity, service, sincerity, spirituality, worship, zeal |
| Antonyms: | apathy, carelessness, indifference, neglect, negligence |
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