Synonyms of fever

fever

noun

ˈfē-vər 

1

as in disease

an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning

before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disease
• illness
• ailment
• ill
• sickness
• condition
• disorder
• infection
• bug
• malady
• distemper
• attack
• ail
• infirmity
• complication
• plague
• trouble
• complaint
• affection
• contagion
• distemperature
• contagious disease
• debility
• malaise
• epidemic
• lameness
• pestilence
• bout
• sickliness
• feebleness
• spell
• unsoundness
• weakness
• contagium
• unwellness
• fit
• pip
• decrepitude
• unhealthiness
• pest
• matter
• frailness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• health
• wellness
• fitness
• soundness
• robustness
• wholesomeness
• wholeness
• shape
• heartiness
• healthiness
• fettle

2

as in frenzy

a state of wildly excited activity or emotion

in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frenzy
• rampage
• delirium
• hysteria
• rage
• agitation
• feverishness
• fury
• flap
• deliriousness
• furor
• furore
• distraction
• uproar
• confusion
• chaos
• disorder
• turmoil
• commotion
• pandemonium
• havoc
• stir
• to-do
• disturbance
• storm
• bedlam
• tempest
• clatter
• rumpus
• squall
• clamor
• brouhaha
• ruckus
• bustle
• tumult
• hullabaloo
• hubbub
• stew
• ruction
• fuss
• shindy
• bother
• hoo-ha
• hurly-burly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• still
• calm
• peace
• calmness
• stillness
• restfulness
• serenity
• quietude
• tranquility
• quiet
• repose
• placidity
• peacefulness
• tranquilness
• sereneness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fever

People with severe cases of dengue fever can experience severe stomach pain, persistent vomiting, difficulty or rapid breathing, internal bleeding and organ failure, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

Of those infected, 80% do not experience symptoms, but one in five develops flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache or body aches. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026

All forms of the illness include a fever that can be as high as 104 degrees. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

For this, she had been struck with fever, made deaf in one ear—a warning. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026