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Definition: Zeal |
ZealNoun1. 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. Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zeal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl. When Zeal sought Gratitude for his reward He went away exclaiming: "O my Lord!" "What do you want?" the Lord asked, bending down. "An ointment for my cracked and bleeding crown." Jum Coople. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Zeal an earnest temper; may be enlightened (Num. 25:11-13; 2 Cor. 7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected (Rom. 10:2; Phil. 3:6). As a Christian grace, it must be grounded on right principles and directed to right ends (Gal. 4:18). It is sometimes ascribed to God (2 Kings 19:31; Isa. 9:7; 37:32; Ezek. 5:13). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: ZealSynonyms: ardor (n), ardour (n), elan (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness; abandon; vigor; (physical energy); devotion; (resolution); exertion. |
Desire | Longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement, breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity,. |
Feeling | Warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism; excitation of feeling; fullness of the heart; (disposition); passion; (state of excitability); ecstasy; (pleasure). |
Resolution | Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Zeal |
| English words defined with "zeal": Ardency ♦ devotion ♦ Eleutheromania, Engagedness ♦ Half-hearted ♦ idolatry ♦ Overzeal ♦ Passionist, Politicalism, Propagandism, proselytism ♦ Third Crusade, To buckle to ♦ unrelaxed ♦ veneration ♦ With a will ♦ Zealed, Zealful, Zealless. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "zeal": Dying Sayings ♦ Ethbaal, Eth-baal ♦ Harhaiah ♦ INTERREGNUM ♦ Lion of God ♦ My Favourite Toy Language ♦ Rabsheka. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "zeal": Zealous. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | His Holiness is old and lost his zeal! (The Pit and the Pendulum; writing credit: Dennis Paoli; Edgar Allan Poe) | |
Lyrics | We got a taste of the audience zeal (Flipper Twist; performing artist: Flipper) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad. |
Buddha | Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost. |
Frederick W. Faber | Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. |
Hosea Ballou | Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. |
James Thompson | All true zeal for God is a zeal less for love, mercy and goodness. |
John Tillotson | Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. |
Owen Felltham | Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment. |
Pasquier Quesnel | Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others. |
Thomas Fuller | Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | They seldom, it would appear, partook of the religious zeal that brought other emigrants across the Atlantic. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Excess of zeal kills peach and apricot trees. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Zeal without prudence is like a ship adrift. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Mongolia | Between 1932 and 1945, their excess zeal, intolerance, and inexperience led to anti-communist uprisings. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea attributes lapses to excessive zeal on the part of local authorities and promises better control and sensitization. (references) | |
Gabon | Various factors have so far stymied more diversification (small market of 1 million people, dependence on French imports, inability to capitalize on regional markets, lack of entrepreneurial zeal among the Gabonese, and the fairly regular stream of oil "rent"). (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | In the arrangement to which the possibility of a similar contingency will naturally draw your attention it ought not to be forgotten that the militia laws have exhibited such striking defects as could not have been supplied by the zeal of our citizens. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Freeman, though conducted with a zeal and prudence meriting entire approbation, has not been equally successful. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | This patriotic zeal, which it was necessary rather to limit than excite, has embodied an ample force from the States of Kentucky and Ohio and from parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | On the contrary, as the blessings which we enjoy are great, proportionably great should be our vigilance, zeal, and activity to preserve them. |
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| "Zeal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zeal" is used about 335 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 335 | 15,680 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "zeal". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Cana | N/A | Biblical | Zeal |
| Elkanah | N/A | Biblical | The zeal of God |
| Elkan | N/A | Jewish | The zeal of God |
| Elke | N/A | Jewish | The zeal of God |
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Expressions using "zeal": competitive zeal ♦ full of zeal ♦ religious zeal ♦ stimulate smb.'s zeal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "zeal": Zeal-of-the-land. | |
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| Language | Translations for "zeal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zell (alacrity, diligence, flame, industry, promptitude, strenuousness), përkushtim (consecration, service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حمية (ardor, ardour, diet, enthusiasm, flush, regimen), حماسة (abandonment, ardor, ardour, eagerness, ebullience, elan, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, glow, heartiness, impetus, intense interest, keenness, mettle, rage, responsiveness, warmth), تحمس (be keen on, carry away, enthuse, get a kick out of, get excited, warm), تعصب (extremism, fanaticism, intolerance, lose one's mind, narrow mindedness, prejudice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стремеж (aim, appetite, drift, hankering, intent, intention, search, seeking, striving, yen), усърдие (alacrity, ardour, assiduity, assiduousness, diligence, hardness, impressment, industry, mettle, pains, painstaking, sedulity), увлечение (abandon, abandonment, fire, flame, gusto, mustard, penchant, relish, transport, vehemence, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 热忱 (Dedicated, Zealous), 熱心 (ardent, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, warmhearted, zealous, zest), 積極性 (activity, enthusiasm, initiative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zápal (enthusiasm, fervor, fervour, heat, verve), nadšení (Ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, high spirits, passion, thrill, zest), horlivost (alacrity, assiduity, eagerness, heat, painstaking, solicitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | iver (fervor, fervour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vuur (fervor, fervour, fire, flame, glow, heat, impetus, passion, verve, vivacity), ambitie (ambition, fervor, fervour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | fervoro (fervor, fervour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | íðin (diligent, full of zeal, hardworking, industrious, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متعصب (Bigot, Dogmatic, Intolerant, Rabid), گرمی (Ardor, Glow, Heat, Mettle, Rut, Stew, Warmth, Zing), حمیت , غیور (Jealous, Spunky, Warm, Zealot, Zealous), غیرت (Ardor, Enthusiasm, Mettle, Zealotry), حرارت (Ardor, Fire, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Vehemence, Verve, Warmth), تعصب (Bias, Bigotry, Intolerance, Preconception, Prejudice, Prepossession, Zealotry), ذوق (Goo, Gusto, Penchant, Relish, Taste, Verve), خیرخواهی (Benevolence, Generosity), جانفشانی , شوق (Ardor, Craze, Delight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | into (ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervour, keenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ferveur, zèle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ambysje (ambition, fervour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Eifer (alacrity, Ardor, ardour, assiduousness, assiduousnesses, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervour, heat, intentness, keenness, mettle, studiousness, zealotry, zealousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ζέση (ardency, ardour, eagle, ebullience, fervency, gusto, zest), ζήλοσ (ardour, eagerness, elan, fervency, keenness, zealotry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"ט (ardour, blaze, fervency, fervor, flame, glow, heat, incandescence, verve), ק אות (bigotry, fanaticism, zealotry), חשק (delight, desire, eagerness, gusto, longing, lust, penchant, relish, zest), "תל"בות (eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, gusto, incandescence, inspiration, verve, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hév (ardor, ardour, elan, fire, heat, pathos, stingo, vehemence, verve, warmth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | semangat (courage, elan, esprit, flush, genie, gusto, mercury, pep, spirit, verve, zest), kegiatan (activity, ardor, drive, energy, enterprise, liveliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zelo (Ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, goodwill, jealousy, zealousness), ardore (Ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, glow, heat, hotness, mettle, passion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 熱血 (ardor, fervor, hot blood), 熱意 (enthusiasm), 熱心 (enthusiasm), 熱中 (enthusiasm, mania, nuts!), 情熱 (enthusiasm, passion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ねつい (enthusiasm), ねっし" (enthusiasm), ねっけつ (ardor, fervor, hot blood), ねっちゅう (enthusiasm, mania, nuts!), じょうねつ (enthusiasm, passion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeeanid (ardour, assiduity, avidity, eagerness, earnestness, enthusiasm, fervour, intenseness, proneness, vehemence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | iver (eagerness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | fervor (fervour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ealzay zapał, gorliwość. (various references) zelo (assiduity, care, fervor, fervour, forwardness, warmth), fervor (ardor, ardour, fervency, fervor, fervour, mettle, mettlesomeness, unction, vehemence, warmth), ardor (ardor, ardour, caloric, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, glow, heat, lust, mettle, mettlesomeness, passion, tingle, vehemence, warmth). (various references) zel (Ardor, ardour, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervour, forwardness, gumption, metal, mettle, readiness, solicitude, vim, warmth), stãruinţã (assiduity, constancy, diligence, hardness, insistence, patience, perseverance, persistence, solicitation, steadfastness, steadiness, tenacity), silinţã (application, diligence, effort, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, sedulousness), râvnã (application, Ardor, ardour, diligence, eagerness, fervour, metal, mettle, warmth), fanatism (fanaticism, partisanship), cãldurã (Ardor, ardour, caloric, fervidness, fervour, fever, fire, fondness, heat, richness, temperature, warmth), ardoare (Ardor, ardour, earnestness, fervour, fierceness, fire, heat, intensity, warmth, zest), însufleţire (animation, briskness, enthusiasm, fervour, life, liveliness, soar). (various references) усердие (assiduity, assiduousness, sedulity), рвение (alacrity, ardour, eagerness, fervency, fervour, zealousness). (various references) eud (jealousy), dealas. (various references) usrdnost (kindness), revnost (ardor, ardour, strenuousness, thoroughness), pregalaštvo, žar (ardor, ardour, embers, glow, live coals). (various references) celo (fervor, fervour, heat, rut, unction). (various references) nit (Ardor, ardour, blank, rivet, zealotry), iver (alacrity, ambition, anxiety, application, Ardor, ardour, avidity, eagerness, excitement, fervency, fervor, fervour, forwardness, heat, urgency, willingness, zest), arbetslust. (various references) gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zip). (various references) yhlas, hцwes (desire (for), interest). (various references) странність, запал (eagerness, fervor, fervour, fuse, fusee, fuze, ignition, lighter, mettle, passion, primer, squib, zest), ентузіазм (ardency, ardour, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, warmth). (various references) nhiệt tâm (ardour, warm-hearted, zealousness), nhiệt huyết, lòng sốt sắng, lòng hăng hái (animation, verdure). (various references) se+l (seal), eiddigedd (jealousy), eiddgarwch (ardor), awyddfryd (vehement desire), aidd (ardor, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | zelos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calore, calorem, devotio, devotione, ezeli, studia, studiis, studio, studiorum, studium, zeli, zelo, zelum, zelus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | zelus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ellenwodnis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 10, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Marturw gar autoiV oti zhlon qeou ecousin all ou kat epignwsin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Testimonium enim perhibeo illis quod aemulationem Dei habent sed non secundum scientiam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forþy ic mæg gewitenessan ymb him þæt hi sind ellenwode for Gode ac hiera ellenwodnes nis gegrundod on gewitnesse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But Y bere witnessyng to hem, that thei han loue of God, but not aftir kunnyng. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For I beare them recorde that they have a fervet mynde to God warde but not accordinge to knowledge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 10, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Kay saksi ako nila nga sila adunay kasibut alang sa Dios, apan kini maoy kasibut nga wala duyogi sa kahibalo. |
| Chinese | 我 可 以 證 明 他 們 向 神 有 熱 心 、 但 不 是 按 著 真 知 識 . |
| Croatian | Svjedoèim doista za njih: imaju revnosti Božje, ali ne u pravom razumijevanju. |
| Danish | Thi jeg giver dem det Vidnesbyrd, at de have Nidkærhed for Gud, men ikke med Forstand; |
| Dutch | Want ik geef hun getuigenis, dat zij een ijver tot God hebben, maar niet met verstand. |
| Finnish | Sillä minä todistan heistä, että heillä on kiivaus Jumalan puolesta, mutta ei taidon mukaan; |
| French | Je leur rends le témoignage qu`ils ont du zèle pour Dieu, mais sans intelligence: |
| German | Denn ich gebe ihnen das Zeugnis, daß sie eifern um Gott, aber mit Unverstand. |
| Haitian Creole | Paske, m'ap kanpe di sa pou yo: yo devwe anpil pou sèvis Bondye a, men yo manke konprann. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya berani mengatakan bahwa mereka bersemangat sekali mengabdi kepada Allah. Tetapi semangat mereka itu tidak berdasarkan pengetahuan yang dari Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena aku menyaksikan bagi mereka itu, bahwa mereka itu ada suatu usaha kepada Allah, tetapi tiada dengan berpengetahuan. |
| Italian | Rendo infatti loro testimonianza che hanno zelo per Dio, ma non secondo una retta conoscenza; |
| Maori | E whakaae ana hoki ahau ki a ratou, he ngakau nui to ratou ki te Atua, otiia ehara i te mea mohio. |
| Norwegian | For jeg gir dem det vidnesbyrd at de har nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke med skjønnsomhet; |
| Portuguese | Porque lhes dou testemunho de que têm zelo por Deus, mas não com entendimento. |
| Rumanian | Le mqrturisesc cq ei au rkvnq pentru Dumnezeu, dar fqrq pricepere: |
| Shuar | Maa, uwempratniun nékachiatan Yúsan shiir awajsatniun ti wakeruiniawai. |
| Spanish | Porque yo les doy testimonio de que tienen celo por Dios, pero no de acuerdo con un conocimiento pleno. |
| Swahili | Maana naweza kuthibitisha kwa niaba yao kwamba wanayo bidii ya kumtafuta Mungu; lakini bidii hiyo haikujengwa juu ya ujuzi wa kweli. |
| Swedish | Ty det vittnesbördet giver jag dem, att de nitälska för Gud. Dock göra de detta icke med rätt insikt. |
| Uma | Mantata' mpu'u pepue' -ra hi Alata'ala-- kusabii' moto toe-e. Aga uma ra'incai ohea to makono hilou hi Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zeal": zealot, zealotries, zealotry, zealots, zealous, zealously, zealousness, zealousnesses, zeals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "zeal": overzeal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "zeal": overzealous, overzealously, overzealousness, overzealousnesses, overzeals. (additional references) | |
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"Zeal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: azael, eza, ezad, ezal, ezel, ezil, Gzhel, izeal, Mzwai, zaa, zae, zaen, Zagalo, Zahl, zail, zal, zale, Zalm, zals, zaq, ze, zeab, zeac, zead, zeaf, zeag, zeah, zeak, zeale, zeall, zealr, zeals, zealt, zealu, zealy, zeam, zean, zeap, zear, zeas, zeat, zeaw, Zecar, zeda, zedl, zeeb, zeec, zeef, zeeg, zeel, zeels, zeeq, zeew, zefa, zei, zeil, Zeila, zeip, zeit, Zekai, zel, zeld, zele, Zelen, zelo, zenal, Zenale, zeol, zeral, zerl, zeu, zeul, Zeya, zia, ziag, zial, zias, Ziehl, Zihl, zil, zila, zinal, zinl, zitl, zoal, zoeal, zoil, zol, zoul, Zusanli. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zeal" (pronounced zē"l) |
| 2 | -ē" l | abele, anneal, appeal, conceal, congeal, corneal, creel, deal, diel, eel, feel, genteel, heal, heel, ideal, keel, kneel, Leal, meal, ordeal, peal, Peel, puerile, real, reel, repeal, reseal, reveal, riel, seal, Seel, Shiel, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, surreal, teal, teel, unreal, unseal, veal, wheel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laze. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-z" | |
-1 letter: ale, lea, lez. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-z" | |
+1 letter: azole, blaze, glaze, hazel, lazed, lazes, zeals, zoeal. | |
+2 letters: ablaze, azalea, azoles, benzal, blazed, blazer, blazes, dazzle, glazed, glazer, glazes, hazels, jezail, lazied, lazier, lazies, mezcal, quezal, sleaze, sleazo, sleazy, teazel, teazle, zealot. | |
+3 letters: analyze, azaleas, blazers, calzone, damozel, dazedly, dazzled, dazzler, dazzles, deglaze, dialyze, diazole, dualize, emblaze, frazzle, gazelle, glazers, glazier, hazelly, imblaze, jezails, laicize, lazaret, laziest, mazedly, mezcals, quetzal, quezals, realize, reglaze, sizable, sleazes, spatzle, teazels, teazled, teazles, waltzed, waltzer, waltzes, zealots, zealous, zelkova, zonulae, zooglea. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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