Synonyms of zealous

zealous

adjective

as in fervent

feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause, etc.; filled with zeal

zealous fans

She was one of the president's most zealous supporters.

The detective was zealous in her pursuit of the kidnappers.

Related Words

• fervent
• enthusiastic
• ardent
• passionate
• passional
• impassioned
• intense
• fervid
• vehement
• perfervid
• religious
• demonstrative
• feverish
• gung ho
• warm
• sentimental
• emotional
• keen
• charged
• incandescent
• flaming
• torrid
• sloppy
• fiery
• blazing
• superheated
• mawkish
• red-hot
• hot-blooded
• gushy
• burning
• obsessed
• sugary
• saccharine
• mushy
• glowing
• histrionic
• infatuated
• sappy
• warm-blooded
• melodramatic
• enamored
• uninhibited
• schmaltzy
• maudlin
• gushing
• unrestrained
• unreserved
• frenzied
• orgiastic
• overexcited
• overheated
• overemotional

Dissimilar Words

• objective
• dry
• detached
• impersonal
• reserved
• cold
• dispassionate
• cool
• impassive
• undemonstrative
• unemotional
• emotionless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of zealous

Dunk, Welly, and Shirm are on the interplanetary run from a zealous-yet-inept officer of the law named Zandro. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 July 2026

Holding it together is Walters’ voice, at once becalmed and zealous. — Alfred Soto, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026

On and off the field, soccer, the world’s most popular sport, ignites zealous passions. — Carlos Aguilar, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026

Meanwhile, Harris welcomed her endorsement by Dick Cheney, who was not a very popular vice president but was a zealous defender of torturing Muslims. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026