n. | 1. | |
1. | Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. | |
2. | A zealot. | |
v. i. | 1. | To be zealous. |
Noun | 1. | zeal - a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" |
2. | zeal - excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation" |