Antonyms for keenest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : keen |
| Phonetic Transcription : kin |
Definition of keenest
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English cene "bold brave," later "clever, wise," from Proto-Germanic *kan- "be able to" (see can). Original prehistoric senses seem to have been both "brave" and "skilled;" cognate with Old Norse kænn "skillful, wise," Middle Dutch coene "bold," Dutch koen, Old High German kuon "pugnacious, strong," German kühn "bold, daring." Sense of "eager" is from mid-14c. The meaning "sharp" is peculiar to English: of blades and edges early 13c., of sounds c.1400, of eyesight c.1720. A popular word of approval in teenager and student slang from c.1900.
- adj enthusiastic
- adj sharp, piercing
- adj intelligent
- The second course was so equal that the keenest judges could not discern any vantage.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- His keenest inquiries had been unable to pierce the secret of her birth and station.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The keenest sense-impressions are undoubtedly those of contrast.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Belknap-Jackson wore an expression of the keenest disrelish.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He knew them all, and watched them with the keenest interest.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The keenest eye in the world could not tell them from stones.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- He takes the keenest interest in my venture, and I am to write him a full account.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Even my wife is beginning to admit that, and she was the keenest to come here.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- If he wanted to be offensive, that was the keenest cut he could have delivered.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- My wit is not the keenest, else I would sooner have caught it.
- Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan
Synonyms for keenest
- acid
- acute
- agog
- alert
- animate
- animated
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- astute
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- bright
- brilliant
- canny
- caustic
- clever
- cutting
- devoted
- discerning
- discriminating
- dying to
- eager
- earnest
- ebullient
- edged
- Einstein
- extreme
- fervent
- fervid
- fierce
- fine
- fond of
- gung ho
- honed
- impassioned
- impatient
- incisive
- intense
- intent
- interested
- lively
- nobody's fool
- observant
- penetrating
- perceptive
- perfervid
- perspicacious
- pointed
- quick
- quick-witted
- razor-sharp
- sagacious
- sapient
- sardonic
- satirical
- sensitive
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- shrewd
- spirited
- sprightly
- strong
- tart
- thirsty
- trenchant
- unblunted
- vehement
- vivacious
- warm
- whiz
- wise
- zealous
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