Synonyms & related words for feverish

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of feverish — including feverous, febrile, fevered, hectic, pyretic, frenzied. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to feverish

Explore words related to feverish — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include feverishness, febricity, febrility, fevers, febrific, febrifacient, feverishly, pyrexia. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for feverish

Common synonyms for feverish include feverous, febrile, fevered, hectic, pyretic, frenzied, fervid, frenetic — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does feverish come from?

The word feverish breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Old English origin: fever, from Latin febris (“fever”); and -ish, from Old English -isc (“having the quality of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.