fervid

Other forms of fervid

comparative

fervidder·

superlative

ferviddest·

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 fervid

What does fervid mean?

fervid 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 fervid?

fervid has 2 syllables: fer-vid. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /ˈfɝvəd/.

What is another word for fervid?

Close synonyms include ardent, fervent, 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 fervid a common word?

fervid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.