Antonyms for eager
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ee-ger |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈi gər |
Definition of eager
Origin :- late 13c., "strenuous, ardent, fierce, angry," from Old French aigre "sour, acid; harsh, bitter, rough; eager greedy; lively, active, forceful," from Latin acrem (nominative acer) "keen, sharp, pointed, piercing; acute, ardent, zealous" (see acrid).
- Meaning "full of keen desire" (early 14c.) seems to be peculiar to English. The English word kept an alternative meaning of "pungent, sharp-edged" till 19c. (e.g. Shakespeare's "The bitter clamour of two eager tongues," in "Richard II"). Related: Eagerly; eagerness.
- adj anxious, enthusiastic
- He was eager now to be off, and the time would hang heavily.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The unfermented wine of another spring day came to his eager nostrils.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There are twenty men who will be eager to comply with the wishes of their minister.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- How pale and eager their faces looked as they bent above him!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Miss Wilder listened attentively to Grace's eager outpouring.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Not being a knowledge of the whole truth it should be humble, tolerant, and eager to expand.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It is as eager on behalf of the man behind a counter as on that of him who is governing a country.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- In such directions, Aggie was the leader, an eager, joyous one always.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- You don't give me time, and you are so eager that it is difficult to be beforehand with you on the subject.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Its attributes of youth are the activity and eager life with which it is redundant.
- Extract from : « Sketches from Memory » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Synonyms for eager
- acquisitive
- agog
- ambitious
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- champing at the bit
- covetous
- craving
- desiring
- desirous
- dying to
- earnest
- fervent
- fervid
- greedy
- gung ho
- hankering
- heated
- hot
- hot to trot
- hungry
- impatient
- intent
- keen
- longing
- pining
- rarin' to go
- ready and willing
- restive
- restless
- self-starting
- solicitous
- thirsty
- vehement
- voracious
- warmblooded
- wild
- wishful
- yearning
- zealous
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