eager

Speech parts

1. eager - Noun

2. eager - Adjective

3. eager - Verb

4. Eager - Proper noun

Meaning

Sharp; sour; acid.

Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

Same as Eagre.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

keen ardent fervent zealous ready intense willing ambitious enthusiastic passionate hungry anxious earnest avid craving
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Antonyms

reluctant uneager stony loth chargeable phlegmatic
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Hypernyms

tidal current

Phrases with the word

eager beaver be eager become eager eager evaluation eager to help eager to learn

Anagrams

agree eagre ragee Gerea aeger geare

Examples

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about. Anton Chekhov

Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. Albrecht Dürer

There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetousness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind. Joseph Conrad

An upstart is a sparrow eager to marry a hornbill. Malawi Proverb

If you are eager to be in the shadow, leave your axe at home. Japanese Proverb

An eager dog often gets a torn skin. Faroese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Eagarville Eagen Eagentci eager beaver eager drinker eager evaluation