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passion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of passion

1 a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone

married at the age of 18, they share a passion that has lasted for over half a century

Synonyms of passion

affection, attachment, devotedness, devotion, fondness, love

Words Related to passion

appetite, fancy, favor, like, liking, partiality, preference, relish, taste

craving, crush, desire, infatuation, longing, lust, yearning

ardor, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, zeal

appreciation, esteem, estimation, regard, respect

adoration, adulation, deification, idolatry, idolization, worship

allegiance, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness

Near Antonyms of passion

allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, disfavor, dislike, enmity, hostility

abhorrence, disgust, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

Antonyms of passion

abomination, hate, hatred, loathing, rancor

2 a strong but often short-lived liking for another person

her passion passed when she got to know him

Synonyms of passion

crush, infatuation, mash

Words Related to passion

fixation, obsession

affection, devotion, fondness, love

craze, fad, rage, vogue

3 a strong wish for something

a passion to become a doctor

Synonyms of passion

appetency, appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen

Words Related to passion

compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal

liking, love, taste, weakness

eagerness, impatience

necessity, need, requirement

acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity

cacoëthes, mania

Near Antonyms of passion

abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

4 a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation

people are sometimes slaves to their own passions

Synonyms of passion

chord, emotion, feeling, sentiment

Words Related to passion

impression, perception, sensation, sense

angle, attitude, outlook, perspective, standpoint, viewpoint

belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, verdict, view

receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity

Near Antonyms of passion

insensitiveness, insensitivity, unfeelingness

5 depth of feeling

your passion for your cause is admirable, but you still canʼt insult people who disagree with you

Synonyms of passion

ardency, ardor, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire, heat, intenseness, intensity, passionateness, vehemence, violence, warmth, white heat

Words Related to passion

emotionalism, emotionality, histrionics, mawkishness, melodrama, sappiness, sentimentality

eagerness, earnestness, excitement, gusto, keenness, zest

fanaticism, fever, hot-bloodedness, infatuation, mania, obsession, zeal

compassion, responsiveness, sentiment, sympathy, tenderness

torridity, torridness

Near Antonyms of passion

aloofness, calmness, collectedness, composure, detachedness, dryness, phlegm, reserve, reservedness, reticence, taciturnity

apathy, indifference, stoicism, stoniness, unconcern

stiffness, woodenness

chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness

Antonyms of passion

impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness, insensitivity

6 passions plural general emotional condition

people who are swayed by their passions and not by reason

Synonyms of passion

feeling, heartstrings, sensibilities

Words Related to passion

cheer, frame, humor, mode, mood, spirit, temper

7 intense sexual desire

their relationship began with passion but a deep love quickly grew between them

Synonyms of passion

ardor, concupiscence, eros, eroticism, horniness, itch, lust, lustfulness

Words Related to passion

erotomania, nymphomania, satyriasis

lasciviousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, lickerishness, randiness, salaciousness, wantonness

Near Antonyms of passion

8 sexual appetite

the kind of pent-up passion that comes from having spent the winter in remote isolation

Synonyms of passion

concupiscence, desire, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, salaciousness

Words Related to passion

ardor, heat, rut

erotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasis

Near Antonyms of passion

abstinence, celibacy, chastity

frigidity, frigidness

Synonym Discussion of passion

passion, fervor, ardor, enthusiasm, zeal mean intense emotion compelling action. passion applies to an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable.

- was a slave to his passions

fervor implies a warm and steady emotion.

- read the poem aloud with great fervor

ardor suggests warm and excited feeling likely to be fitful or short-lived.

- the ardor of their honeymoon soon faded

enthusiasm applies to lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity.

- never showed much enthusiasm for sports

zeal implies energetic and unflagging pursuit of an aim or devotion to a cause.

- preaches with fanatical zeal

synonyms see in addition feeling

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