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avid adj.
fervent adj.

ADJECTIVE

avid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ardent devoted eager fanatical fervent hungry impatient insatiable keen passionate ravenous thirsty voracious zealous

WEAK

athirst avaricious breathless covetous desirous dying to grasping greedy intense rapacious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic cold cool disinterested disloyal dispassionate dull frigid full indifferent quenched satisfied unenthusiastic unexcited

ADJECTIVE

fervent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ardent devout earnest ecstatic emotional heartfelt impassioned intense passionate pious religious sincere vehement zealous

WEAK

animated blazing burning dying to eager enthused excited fervid fiery glowing gung-ho hearty hopped up hot hot for hot-blooded perfervid responsive serious tender unfeigned warm warmhearted wholehearted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cold cool dull frigid indifferent insincere irreligious unconcerned unenthusiastic unexcited unpassionate

WEAK

dispassionate dispirited

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“Sometimes you gotta have the number two to prove that the number one is still number one.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Yet the lesson White House adviser Stephen Miller seems to have taken from border success is akin to Christopher Walken’s in the famous SNL skit: “I gotta have more cowbell.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

"That's what it comes down to -- just going out there executing those gotta have plays and we made plays tonight."

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

"I was pretty optimistic," Mr Van Ysseldyk recalled, telling the BBC he knew he had to find them because "the wife's gotta have her rings, right?"

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025

You gotta have a hoodie to fit in.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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