Antonyms for zeal
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1. zealnoun

   The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

   Synonyms:
   passion, eagerness, intensity, enthusiasm, ardor

   Antonyms:
   apathy

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1. zeal

   The old meaning of enthusiasm implies a pseudo-inspiration, an almost frantic extravagance in behalf of something supposed to be an expression of the divine will. This sense remains as the controlling one in the kindred noun enthusiast. Enthusiasm has now chiefly the meaning of an earnest and commendable devotion, an intense and eager interest. Against the hindrances of the world, nothing great and good can be carried without a certain fervor, intensity, and vehemence; these joined with faith, courage, and hopefulness make enthusiasm. Zeal is burning earnestness, always tending to vigorous action with all the devotion of enthusiasm, tho often without its hopefulness. Compare EAGER.

   Antonyms:
   calculation, calmness, caution, coldness, deadness, dulness, indifference, lukewarmness, policy, prudence, timidity, wariness

   Synonyms:
   ardor, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, enthusiasm, excitement, extravagance, fanaticism, fervency, fervor, frenzy, inspiration, intensity, passion, rapture, transport, vehemence, warmth

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1. zeal

   Antonyms:
   apathy, indifference, torpor, coldness, carelessness, sluggishness, in cordiality

   Synonyms:
   ardor, interest energy, eagerness, engagedness, heartiness, earnestness, fervor, enthusiasm

Matched Categories

1. • Fervor
   • Willingness

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1. ardor, ardour, elan, zealnoun

   a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

   "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

   Synonyms:
   eagerness, fervidness, fervour, ardor, fire, ardour, readiness, elan, panache, fervor, flair, style, dash, fervency, forwardness

2. zealnoun

   excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end

   "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"

   Synonyms:
   forwardness, ardour, readiness, elan, eagerness, ardor

3. readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardnessnoun

   prompt willingness

   "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"

   Synonyms:
   avidity, ardor, pushiness, eagerness, readiness, keenness, set, avidness, preparation, ardour, bumptiousness, facility, cockiness, preparedness, elan, forwardness

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1. zealnoun

   Synonyms:
   fervor, ardor, zealotry, intensity, passion, devotion, devotedness

How to use zeal in a sentence?

1. Proverb:

   Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly in fools.

2. Richard Steele:

   Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratification.

3. A. W. Pink:

   Peter exercised a zeal which was unregulated by knowledge

4. Gerald Ford:

   We have come tardily to the tremendous task of cleaning up our environment. We should have moved with similar zeal at least a decade ago. But no purpose is served by post-mortems. With visionary zeal but the greatest realism, we must now address ourselves to the vast problems that confront us.

5. Louis D. Brandeis:

   Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficial. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

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