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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.
EAGER meaning: 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.
adjective. 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.
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.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective eager mean? There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective eager, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
eager. very interested and excited by something that is going to happen or about something that you want to do eager crowds outside the stadium eager for something She is eager for (= wants very much to get) her parents' approval. eager to do something Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn.
Definitions of 'eager'. 1. If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much. [...] 2. If you look or sound eager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen. [...]
Synonyms for EAGER: excited, avid, enthusiastic, anxious, keen, ardent, hungry, impatient; Antonyms of EAGER: indifferent, apathetic, unenthusiastic, uninterested, casual, unconcerned, disinterested, nonchalant.
