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eager
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Entry Word:
eager
Function:
adjective
Text: showing urgent desire or interest <Tom was
eager
to try out his new pair of skis>
Synonyms
agog, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, enthusiastic, excited, gung ho, hot, hungry, impatient, keen, nuts, raring, solicitous, thirsty, voracious
Related Words
engaged, interested; hung up, obsessed; ambitious, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining; restive, restless; disposed, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing
Phrases
champing at the bit
Near Antonyms
incurious, unconcerned, uninterested; aloof, detached, disinterested; impassive, stolid; halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, spiritless; averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (
or
loth), reluctant, unwilling
Antonyms
apathetic, indifferent, uneager