Synonyms for ardent
ˈɑr dntar·dent

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1. ardent

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

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1. ardent

   Synonyms:
   longing, passionate, aspiring, warm, eager, fervent, excited, fiery, glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned, burning, heated

   Antonyms:
   cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, unimpassioned, phlegmatic, platonic

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1. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torridadjective

   characterized by intense emotion

   "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

   Synonyms:
   perfervid, flaming, warm, fervid, fiery, fervent, igneous, torrid, impassioned

   Antonyms:
   unenthusiastic, passionless, dull

2. ardent, warmadjective

   characterized by strong enthusiasm

   "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support"

   Synonyms:
   perfervid, tender, lovesome, warm, fervid, fond, strong, fiery, fervent, quick, torrid, impassioned, affectionate

   Antonyms:
   dull, passionless, unenthusiastic

3. ardentadjective

   glowing or shining like fire

   "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes"

   Synonyms:
   torrid, fervent, perfervid, fervid, impassioned, warm, fiery

   Antonyms:
   dull, unenthusiastic, passionless

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1. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   hot, burning, fiery

2. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   warm, passionate, fervent, impassioned, eager, intense, keen, sharp, vehement, fiery, earnest, fervid, glowing, zealous, devoted, enthusiastic, strenuous, sanguine

3. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   alcoholic, spirituous

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1. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   zealous, passionate, fervent, warm, enthusiastic, sanguine, vehement, impassioned, spirituous, alcoholic, fiery, hot, burning, flagrant, intense

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1. List of paraphrases for "ardent":

   fervent, staunch, passionate, enthusiastic, keen, strong, fiery, earnest, avid, devout, eager

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How to use ardent in a sentence?

1. Robert Collier:

   Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager, longing, craving, insistent, demanding, ravenous Desire which is akin to the persistent, insistent, ardent, overwhelming desire of the drowning man for a breath of air; of the shipwrecked or desert-lost man for a drink of water; of the famished man for bread and meat

2. George Eliot:

   The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

3. Richard A. Dumas:

   The search for truth is eternal and artists some of its most ardent seekers.

4. James Oberweis:

   Even the most ardent proponents of the efficient market hypothesis will say that there are pockets of inefficiencies, and the most common is small-cap and international stocks.

5. Diogenes:

   As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.