FERVENCY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

fervency

noun

ˈfər-vən(t)-sē

Definition of fervency next

as in intensity

depth of feeling the guest soloist was able to infuse the familiar hymn with a moving fervency

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of fervency The fervency of acclaim that the movie spawned—$1 billion worldwide at the box office and a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars—suggested, somewhat chillingly, that the masses found catharsis in this tale. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024 There were several questions centered around the fervency of support for each candidate, including on favorability, concerns about age and whether each party’s presumptive nominee should actually be the nominee. —

Philip Bump, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 That innate fervency is still on display in a very different venue today, when Jenner materializes on my laptop screen to provide guidance on several of my innermost dilemmas. —

Katie Bain, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023 While their beliefs are patently absurd, the fervency and devotion of this particular group, along with their loyalty to a leader known as Negative48 and unwillingness to leave Dallas, is unique — and cause for alarm and concern, according to an expert who has followed QAnon for years. —

al, 22 Nov. 2021 The real religious fervency of Daigle’s songs do lend their stadium-sized ambitions—and their heavy gospel influence—some extra weight and legitimacy. —

Sam C. Mac, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023 Other characters devote themselves to quests—for hidden knowledge, for interstellar connection, for the reform of our species—with the kind of fervency that blots out all other pursuits. —

The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022 Amber Wagner took on this important role on Thursday night, singing with a dark luster and supplicatory fervency. —

Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023 And as the Braves’ top prospect in 2021, Harris watched not as a potential colleague but rather with the fervency of a fan as Atlanta rolled through the playoffs and captured its first World Series title since 1995, six years before Harris was born. —

Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fervency

Noun

The rice serves as both a foundation and a mediator, bridging the creamy blandness of the pasta salad with the blunt-instrument intensity of the plate lunch’s third and central component, one kind or another of salty, savory meat.

— Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2025
Acres of calming white walls and pale woods refract and soothe the intensity of the Caribbean sun; the scale, courtesy of architects Botelho Wood, achieves the serenity of a museum; the interior and bespoke furniture design a sense of supreme comfort.

— Giles Hattersley, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025