Synonyms and Antonyms of passion
1
a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone
- married at the age of 18, they share a passion that has lasted for over half a century
appetite, fancy, favor, like, liking, partiality, preference, relish, taste
craving, crush, desire, infatuation, longing, lust, yearning
ardor, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, zeal
appreciation, esteem, estimation, regard, respect
adoration, adulation, deification, idolatry, idolization, worship
allegiance, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness
allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, disfavor, dislike, enmity, hostility
abhorrence, disgust, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
misanthropy
2
a strong but often short-lived liking for another person
- her passion passed when she got to know him
3
a strong wish for something
- a passion to become a doctor
appetency, appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen
compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal
liking, love, taste, weakness
eagerness, impatience
want, wish
necessity, need, requirement
obsession
acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity
cacoëthes, mania
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
4
a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation
- people are sometimes slaves to their own passions
impression, perception, sensation, sense
angle, attitude, outlook, perspective, standpoint, viewpoint
belief, conviction, judgment
