- fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness - a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
--1 is a kind of symptom
--1 has particulars: hyperpyrexia - fever - intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
--2 is a kind of anticipation, expectancy
--2 has particulars: buck fever; gold fever