fervor

Other forms of fervor

plural

fervors·

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 fervor

What does fervor mean?

fervor means "feelings of great warmth and intensity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fervor?

fervor has 2 syllables: fer-vor. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /ˈfɝvɚ/.

What is another word for fervor?

Close synonyms include ardor, ardour, fervour, fervency, fire. 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 fervor a common word?

fervor 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.