Synonyms for ardent
ˈɑr dntar·dent

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1. ardent

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

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1. ardent

   Synonyms:
   longing, passionate, aspiring, warm, eager, fervent, excited, fiery, glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned, burning, heated

   Antonyms:
   cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, unimpassioned, phlegmatic, platonic

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1. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torridadjective

   characterized by intense emotion

   "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

   Synonyms:
   perfervid, flaming, warm, fervid, fiery, fervent, igneous, torrid, impassioned

   Antonyms:
   unenthusiastic, passionless, dull

2. ardent, warmadjective

   characterized by strong enthusiasm

   "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support"

   Synonyms:
   perfervid, tender, lovesome, warm, fervid, fond, strong, fiery, fervent, quick, torrid, impassioned, affectionate

   Antonyms:
   dull, passionless, unenthusiastic

3. ardentadjective

   glowing or shining like fire

   "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes"

   Synonyms:
   torrid, fervent, perfervid, fervid, impassioned, warm, fiery

   Antonyms:
   dull, unenthusiastic, passionless

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1. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   hot, burning, fiery

2. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   warm, passionate, fervent, impassioned, eager, intense, keen, sharp, vehement, fiery, earnest, fervid, glowing, zealous, devoted, enthusiastic, strenuous, sanguine

3. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   alcoholic, spirituous

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1. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   zealous, passionate, fervent, warm, enthusiastic, sanguine, vehement, impassioned, spirituous, alcoholic, fiery, hot, burning, flagrant, intense

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1. List of paraphrases for "ardent":

   fervent, staunch, passionate, enthusiastic, keen, strong, fiery, earnest, avid, devout, eager

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1. Sren Aaby Kierkegaard:

   If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility

2. Richard A. Dumas:

   The search for truth is eternal and artists some of its most ardent seekers.

3. William S. Gilbert:

   Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers

4. Curtis Houck:

   If you had told someone a few years ago, after Joy Behar's show on Current TV were canceled, that she would not only remain on ‘The View,’ but emerge as a far-left folk hero, it's doubtful that even the most ardent supporters would have predicted this, the Resistance can't seem to get enough of her.

5. Diogenes:

   As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.