febrile

5 synonyms and 1 antonym for febrile, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

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

Synonyms

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hot excited

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

energetic

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

flushed feverish

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

Etymology

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

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