zealous

zealous
    adj 1: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports
           fan" [syn: {avid}, {zealous}]
    

Zealous \Zeal"ous\ (?; 277), a. [LL. zelosus. See {Zeal}.]
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   1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or
      ardent, in behalf of an object.
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            He may be zealous in the salvation of souls. --Law.
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   2. Filled with religious zeal. [Obs.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Zeal"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Zeal"ous*ness},
      n.
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163 Moby Thesaurus words for "zealous":
      abandoned, ablaze, acquiescent, afire, agitated, agreeable,
      alacritous, all-overish, amenable, anxious, anxioused up,
      apprehensive, ardent, assiduous, avid, boiling over, bothered,
      breathless, buggy, bugs, burning, committed, compliant, concerned,
      consenting, content, cooperative, cordial, dedicated, delirious,
      devoted, devout, diligent, disposed, disquieted, disturbed, docile,
      drunk, eager, earnest, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant,
      fain, faithful, fanatic, fanatical, favorable, favorably disposed,
      favorably inclined, fearful, febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered,
      feverish, fiery, fired, flaming, flushed, foreboding, forward,
      frenetic, game, glowing, gung ho, hard, hard-core, hardworking,
      hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned,
      in a pucker, in a stew, in earnest, in the mind, in the mood,
      inclined, indefatigable, industrious, infatuated, inflamed,
      intense, intent, intent on, intoxicated, keen, laborious, lively,
      loyal, madcap, minded, misgiving, nervous, never idle, nutty,
      obsessed, on fire, on tenterhooks, overanxious, overapprehensive,
      overdevout, overreligious, overrighteous, overzealous, passionate,
      perfervid, perturbed, pliant, possessed, predisposed, prompt,
      prone, quick, rabid, ready, ready and willing, receptive, red-hot,
      relentless, resolute, responsive, sanctimonious, scorching,
      sedulous, serious, sincere, sleepless, solicitous, spirited,
      steaming, steamy, strained, strenuous, suspenseful, tense,
      tireless, totally committed, tractable, troubled, ultrareligious,
      uneasy, unflagging, unremitting, unrestrained, unsleeping,
      unsparing, unwearied, vehement, vigorous, warm, well-disposed,
      well-inclined, white-hot, wild-eyed, willed, willing,
      willinghearted, zealotic