fever: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with R
Meaning of fever
noun
- countable, uncountable
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
Example: There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
- countable, in-compounds, uncountable, usually
Any of various diseases.
Example: scarlet fever
- countable, uncountable
A state of excitement or anxiety.
- collective, countable, neologism
A group of stingrays.
Listed forms: fevers, feaver, fevre.
Source: Wiktionary — fever.
verb
To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
To become fevered.
Listed forms: fevers, fevering, fevered, feaver, fevre.
Source: Wiktionary — fever.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for fever.
noun
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fever in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of fever
F(4) + E(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of fever
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from fever
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