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Detailed Synonyms for eager in English

eager:

eager adj, American

  1. eager
  2. eager
    eager; desirous; keen; avid; eagre
  3. eager
    bright
    – characterized by happiness or gladness 1
    • bright adj
      • bright faces1
      • all the world seems bright and gay1
  4. eager
    desirous; eager; greedy; covetous; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre
  5. eager
    – having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy 1
    eager; eagre
    – having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy 1
    • eager adj, American
      • eager to learn1
      • eager to travel abroad1
      • eager for success1
      • eager helpers1
      • an eager look1
    • eagre adj, British

eager [the ~] noun, American

  1. the eager
    – a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) 1
    the eager; the bore; the tidal bore; the aegir; the eagre
    – a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) 1

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Related Definitions for "eager":

  1. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy1
    • eager to learn1
    • eager to travel abroad1
    • eager for success1
    • eager helpers1
    • an eager look1
  2. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)1

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