Synonyms and Antonyms of vehement
1
marked by or uttered with forcefulness
- vehement complaints about the restaurant's poor service
aggressive, assertive, dynamic, emphatic, energetic, forceful, full-blooded, muscular, resounding, strenuous, vigorous, violent
decided, insistent, marked, pointed
absolute, categorical (also categoric), clear, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal
arresting, compelling, conspicuous, impelling, noticeable, striking
2
extreme in degree, power, or effect
- despite the vehement opposition of the club's treasurer, the motion was passed
acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vicious, violent
accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepened
emphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnified
stressed
exhaustive, thorough
harsh, rigorous, severe
feeble, weak
shallow, superficial
moderated, qualified
alleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)
abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued
3
having or expressing great depth of feeling
- a vehement defender of the rights of minorities
ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, emotional, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, warm, warm-blooded
gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary
histrionic, melodramatic
enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous
enamored, infatuated, obsessed
uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained
frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated
