fervent

Other forms of fervent

comparative

ferventer·

superlative

ferventest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fervent

What does fervent mean?

fervent means "characterized by intense emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fervent?

fervent has 2 syllables: fer-vent. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /ˈfɝvənt/.

What is another word for fervent?

Close synonyms include ardent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fervent a common word?

fervent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.