All ardour synonyms

noun ardour

• passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
• love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
• zeal — fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
• fervour — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
• eagerness — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
• devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
• dedication — A dedication is a message which is written at the beginning of a book, or a short announcement which is sometimes made before a play or piece of music is performed, as a sign of affection or respect for someone.
• commitment — Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
• earnestness — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
• intensity — the quality or condition of being intense.
• warmth — the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.
• avidity — the quality or state of being avid
• feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
• fierceness — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
• fire — combustion
• gusto — hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general: to dance with gusto. Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
• heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
• jazz — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
• keenness — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
• oomph — energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
• spirit — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
• vehemence — the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.
• verve — enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
• weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
• zest — keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
• zing — vitality, animation, or zest.
• pep talk — a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.: The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
• turn on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.