febrile

1 antonym for febrile — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Having a fever, or an unusually high body temperature.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Having a fever, or an unusually high body temperature.

hot flushed feverish

Opposites

afebrile

2. adj

Excited and restless, full of nervous energy.

“Out in the ground, meanwhile, it was particularly disappointing to hear former England captain Andrew Strauss put the febrile atmosphere down to “people who don’t normally come to Lord’s”.”

energetic excited

Antonyms

afebrile

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrīlis, which comes from Latin febris (“fever”); by surface analysis, Latin febr- + -ile.

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