'Zealous' definitions:
Definition of 'zealous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan" [syn: avid, zealous]
Definition of 'Zealous'
From: GCIDE
- Zealous \Zeal"ous\ (?; 277), a. [LL. zelosus. See Zeal.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object. [1913 Webster]
- He may be zealous in the salvation of souls. --Law. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Filled with religious zeal. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Zeal"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Zeal"ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'zealous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- ablaze,
- acquiescent,
- afire,
- agitated,
- agreeable,
- alacritous,
- all-overish,
- amenable,
- anxious,
- anxioused up,
- apprehensive,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- avid,
- boiling over,
- bothered,
- breathless,
- buggy,
- bugs,
- burning,
- committed,
- compliant,
- concerned,
- consenting,
- content,
- cooperative,
- cordial,
- dedicated,
- delirious,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- disposed,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- docile,
- drunk,
- eager,
- earnest,
- energetic,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- exuberant,
- fain,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- fanatical,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- fearful,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- fired,
- flaming,
- flushed,
- foreboding,
- forward,
- frenetic,
- game,
- glowing,
- gung ho,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- hardworking,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- hotheaded,
- impassioned,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in earnest,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inclined,
- indefatigable,
- industrious,
- infatuated,
- inflamed,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- intoxicated,
- keen,
- laborious,
- lively,
- loyal,
- madcap,
- minded,
- misgiving,
- nervous,
- never idle,
- nutty,
- obsessed,
- on fire,
- on tenterhooks,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- overdevout,
- overreligious,
- overrighteous,
- overzealous,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- perturbed,
- pliant,
- possessed,
- predisposed,
- prompt,
- prone,
- quick,
- rabid,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- receptive,
- red-hot,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- responsive,
- sanctimonious,
- scorching,
- sedulous,
- serious,
- sincere,
- sleepless,
- solicitous,
- spirited,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- strained,
- strenuous,
- suspenseful,
- tense,
- tireless,
- totally committed,
- tractable,
- troubled,
- ultrareligious,
- uneasy,
- unflagging,
- unremitting,
- unrestrained,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unwearied,
- vehement,
- vigorous,
- warm,
- well-disposed,
- well-inclined,
- white-hot,
- wild-eyed,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- zealotic