white-hot

1. 1.

   intensely zealous or fervid

   “fierce white-hot loyalty”

   Similarhot
2. 2.

   glowing white with heat

   “white flames”

   “a white-hot center of the fire”

   Synonymswhite

   Similarhot

Questions about white-hot

What does white-hot mean?

white-hot means "intensely zealous or fervid". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in white-hot?

white-hot has 3 syllables: whi-te--hot. The stress falls on "whi".

What is another word for white-hot?

Close synonyms include white. 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 white-hot a common word?

white-hot 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.