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- Dictionaryeager/ˈiːɡə/
adjective
- 1. strongly wanting to do or have something: "the man was eager to please" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of EAGER is marked by enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest. How to use eager in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Eager.
EAGER definition: 1. wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable: 2…. Learn more.
The adjective eager describes someone is excited about or impatient for something. If you want to be a doctor one day, you might be eager to dissect a frog in biology. Your squeamish friend? Not so eager.
EAGER meaning: 1. wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable: 2…. Learn more.
Eager definition: keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing. See examples of EAGER used in a sentence.
1. (postpositive; often foll by to or for) impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for) he was eager to see her departure. 2. characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire. an eager look. 3. archaic. tart or biting; sharp. Collins English Dictionary.
eager. adjective. /ˈiːɡə (r)/. /ˈiːɡər/. very interested and excited by something that is going to happen or about something that you want to do; showing this synonym keen. eager crowds outside the stadium. Small eager faces looked up and listened.
Eager definition: Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy.
1. ( postpositive; often foll by to or for) impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for): he was eager to see her departure. 2. characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire: an eager look. 3. archaic tart or biting; sharp. [C13: from Old French egre, from Latin acer sharp, keen]
Some common synonyms of eager are anxious, athirst, avid, and keen. While all these words mean "moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest," eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint.