Thesaurus: zeal

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1. n. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
2. n. A zealot.
3. v. i. To be zealous.
4. n. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
5. n. excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end
6. n. prompt willingness
7. 1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. "Ambition varnished o'er with zeal." Milton. "Zeal, the blind conductor of the will." Dryden. "Zeal's never-dying fire." Keble. I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Rom. x. 2. A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. Johnson. 2. A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson. To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon.
8. To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon.
9. n:100 n. excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end