"zealous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈzɛl.əs/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-zealous.ogg [US], en-au-zealous.ogg [Australia] Forms: more zealous [comparative], most zealous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛləs Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ζηλόω (zēlóō, “to emulate, to be jealous”). Doublet of jealous. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ζῆλος||zeal, jealousy}} Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), {{m|grc|ζηλόω||to emulate, to be jealous}} ζηλόω (zēlóō, “to emulate, to be jealous”), {{doublet|en|jealous}} Doublet of jealous Head templates: {{en-adj}} zealous (comparative more zealous, superlative most zealous)
  1. Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion. Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality Synonyms: zelous Synonyms (full of zeal): ardent, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, passionate, zealotic Derived forms: overzealous, zealous witness, zealously, zealousness Related terms: jealous, zeal, zealot, zealotic, zealotical, zealotry Translations (full of zeal; ardent): ywerig (Afrikaans), πρόθυμος (próthumos) (Ancient Greek), مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis) (Arabic), حَمَاسِيّ (ḥamāsiyy) (Arabic), եռանդուն (eṙandun) (Armenian), փութաջան (pʻutʻaǰan) (Armenian), ревностен (revnosten) (Bulgarian), усърден (usǎrden) (Bulgarian), پەروەر (perwer) (Central Kurdish), ᎤᏚᎩᎠᏓᏕᎵᏎᏗ (udugiadadelisedi) (Cherokee), 熱心 (Chinese Mandarin), 热心 (rèxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), diwysyk (Cornish), horlivý (Czech), ivrig (Danish), entusiastisk (Danish), ijverig (Dutch), vlijtig (Dutch), agar (Estonian), innukas (Estonian), intohimoinen (Finnish), innokas (Finnish), zélé (French), celoso (Galician), გულმოდგინე (gulmodgine) (Georgian), გულანთებული (gulantebuli) (Georgian), eifrig (German), begeistert (German), buzgó (Hungarian), zelanta (Ido), zeloza (Ido), zelose (Interlingua), zelante (Italian), 熱心な (nesshin-na) (alt: ねっしんな) (Japanese), studiōsus (Latin), ardēns (Latin), ācer (Latin), pavydus (Lithuanian), ngākaunui (Maori), whiwhita (Maori), whitawhita (Maori), ngangahau (Maori), engasjert (Norwegian), ivrig (Norwegian), nidkjær (Norwegian), flittig (Norwegian), zagorzały (Polish), żarliwy (Polish), zapamiętały (Polish), zeloso (Portuguese), рья́ный (rʹjányj) (Russian), усе́рдный (usérdnyj) (Russian), ре́вностный (révnostnyj) (Russian), guidwillt (Scots), dian (Scottish Gaelic), dealasach (Scottish Gaelic), gorljiv (Serbo-Croatian), celoso (Spanish), ferviente (Spanish), fayafaya (Sranan Tongo), ivrig (Swedish), hänförd (Swedish), entusiastisk (Swedish), nitisk (Swedish), hängiven (Swedish), salurapa (Tagalog), กระตือรือร้น (grà-dtʉʉ-rʉʉ-rón) (Thai), spelkkessu (Tocharian B), selog (Welsh)

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          "word": "ivrig"
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
          "word": "zelose"
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
          "word": "zelante"
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          "alt": "ねっしんな",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
          "word": "熱心な"
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
          "word": "پەروەر"
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
          "word": "ngākaunui"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
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          "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
          "word": "engasjert"
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        {
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    }
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        },
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          "ref": "1940, Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940, page 61",
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          "ref": "2011 April 4, “Newt Gingrich”, in Time, retrieved 2013-09-09",
          "text": "Newt Gingrich […]left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.",
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        "US"
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    {
      "sense": "full of zeal",
      "word": "ardent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "full of zeal",
      "word": "eager"
    },
    {
      "sense": "full of zeal",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "full of zeal",
      "word": "fervent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "full of zeal",
      "word": "passionate"
    },
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      "sense": "full of zeal",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ywerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutaḥammis",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "مُتَحَمِّس"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥamāsiyy",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "حَمَاسِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "eṙandun",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "եռանդուն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻutʻaǰan",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "փութաջան"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "revnosten",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ревностен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usǎrden",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "усърден"
    },
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "udugiadadelisedi",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ᎤᏚᎩᎠᏓᏕᎵᏎᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "熱心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèxīn",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "热心"
    },
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      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "diwysyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "horlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ivrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "entusiastisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ijverig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "vlijtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "agar"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "innukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "intohimoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "innokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zélé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "celoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulmodgine",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "გულმოდგინე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulantebuli",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "გულანთებული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "eifrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "begeistert"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "próthumos",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "πρόθυμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "buzgó"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zelanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zeloza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zelose"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zelante"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねっしんな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nesshin-na",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "熱心な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "perwer",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "پەروەر"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "studiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ardēns"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ācer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "pavydus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ngākaunui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "whiwhita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "whitawhita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ngangahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "engasjert"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ivrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "nidkjær"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "flittig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zagorzały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "żarliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zapamiętały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "zeloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rʹjányj",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "рья́ный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usérdnyj",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "усе́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "révnostnyj",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ре́вностный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "guidwillt"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "dian"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "dealasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "gorljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "celoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ferviente"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "fayafaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "ivrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "hänförd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "entusiastisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "nitisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "hängiven"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "salurapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dtʉʉ-rʉʉ-rón",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "กระตือรือร้น"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "spelkkessu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "full of zeal; ardent",
      "word": "selog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zealous"
}

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