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/ˈfiːvə/ · noun
(medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease..
There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds. […] As Abramson explained, when we are sick, whether we have a fever or not, our metabolic rates skyrocket, and our bodies need more calories to support that high metabolic rate.
scarlet fever
an envious fever
There is little doubt that while war fever has not gripped Taipei, its economic foundations are being shaken. The stock market rose yesterday, but only because the Government has pumped $1.5 billion (£1 billion) into it after $370 million was drained from banks, and stocks were sold by investors who are worried by the Chinese manoeuvres.
On the way back to the mainland the boat passed over a fever of stingrays, and the sight of them through the glass was enough to colour everything else, and outstrip it.
They move like thoughts, like memory, like a Wes Anderson diorama of earthly delights: lionfish, an albacore, a fever of stingrays—and then like a wound, a sea turtle at eye level.
She threw up her hands in excitement and the ball of water flew right into the pathway of the fever of stingrays.
Use fever when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fever means (medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease..
Common synonyms include high temperature, pyrexia, temperature, excitation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
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