fever

¹fe·ver

noun \ˈfē-vər\

Definition of FEVER

1

a : a rise of body temperature above the normal b : any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom

2

a : a state of heightened or intense emotion or activity b : a contagious usually transient enthusiasm : craze

Examples of FEVER

1. The symptoms of the disease include headache and fever.
2. We waited in a fever of anticipation.
3. He had us all in a fever with worry.

Origin of FEVER

Middle English, from Old English fēfer, from Latin febris

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to FEVER

Synonyms: affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, disease, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble

Antonyms: health, wellness

Related Words: contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague

Near Antonyms: fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shape

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Rhymes with FEVER

beaver, cleaver, griever, heaver, leaver, reaver, reiver, weaver