ZEALOUSNESS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

zealousness

noun

Definition of zealousness

as in zeal

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Recent Examples of zealousness The Iranians are banking on American impatience stoked by partisan zealousness. — Gil Troy, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026

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Noun

De Hek, who exposes transnational scams on his blog and YouTube channel with relentless zeal, told me Pakistan’s fake companies offering literary services operate in a similar fashion to India’s scam call centers.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
Hartnett hits d’ose hard Ds with zeal, making every singular verb plural while wearing the hell out of his fisherman’s hats.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of zeal

Noun

But their fervor ironically winds up being counterproductive, yielding a jumbled tonal mess that feels deadly serious one moment and like parody the next.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Because of those factors, and perhaps coupled with my love for the game and fervor for the assignment, the daily grind never felt like that at all.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fervor

Noun

Over the course of the eight-episode first season, the show also paints a portrait of contemporary America inundated with technology, religious zealotry and brutality.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Given the chance to go big with his take on insidious zealotry, the Harold & Kumar star is both charming and gargantuan.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of zealotry

Noun

In that spirit, too, Knight’s film borrows much from the library of fantasy and folklore, but with enough of its own exuberance and imagination to feel like a new standard.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Willa’s look contrasted her mom’s with youthful exuberance defined by pops of color.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of exuberance

Noun

Zelensky does not appear to be in a rush to hold elections and the public has shown little enthusiasm for heading to the polls as bombs fly overhead.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
The strongman is failing, even as the opposition struggles to inspire a great deal of conviction and enthusiasm.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

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