Furious — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Furious (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity

   "everyone worked at a furious pace in order to get the float ready for the parade"

   similar: delirious, ferocious, feverish, fierce, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, mad, rabid, violent, wild
   related: concentrated, high-pressured, intense, intensive, vehement, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, overmuch, overweening, unconscionable, undue, crazed (sometimes offensive), crazy (usually offensive), demented, deranged (often offensive), insane, irrational, maniacal
   opposite: relaxed
   near: calm, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, subdued, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled, moderate, reasonable, temperate, casual, easygoing, low-pressure, balanced, sane, sound

2. extreme in degree, power, or effect

   "a furious hurricane virtually destroyed the seaside town"

   similar: acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent
   related: accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepened, emphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnified, stressed, exhaustive, thorough, harsh, rigorous, severe
   opposite: light, moderate, soft
   near: feeble, weak, shallow, superficial, moderated, qualified, alleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down), abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued

3. feeling or showing anger

   "a furious customer demanding to see the manager"

   similar: angered, angry, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off (chiefly British), choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, mad, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty (chiefly British), sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth, bent out of shape, blue in the face, fit to be tied, going crook (Australian & New Zealand), hopping mad, hot under the collar, in a fume, in a huff, in a pet
   related: ranting, raving, stormy, boiling, bristling, bristly, burning, cross, huffy, passionate, seething, sizzling, smoldering, worked up, wrought (up), acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, bitter, embittered, inimical, malevolent, piqued, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, vengeful, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic, antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy, ill-tempered, sorehead, sulky, unfriendly, unpleasant, aggravated, annoyed, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, exasperated, fretful, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, inflammable, irascible, irritable, peevish, perturbed, petulant, put out, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy, argumentative, belligerent, contentious, contrary, disputatious, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, querulous
   opposite: angerless, delighted, pleased
   near: accepting, accommodating, obliging, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, amicable, cordial, friendly, content, happy, satisfied, empathetic, sympathetic, tolerant, understanding, calm, pacific, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil, unembittered, affable, amiable, easygoing, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, kind, pleasant, sweet

4. marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity

   "rioters went on a furious rampage, doing over $2,000,000 in damage"

   similar: bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out, paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic
   related: barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious, antagonistic, hostile, aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, combustible, volatile, agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad, cataclysmal, destructive, ruinous
   opposite: nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful
   near: calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquil, nonbelligerent, unaggressive