'Eagerness' definitions:
Definition of 'eagerness'
From: WordNet
noun
A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something [syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness]
noun
Prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle" [syn: readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardness]
Definition of 'Eagerness'
From: GCIDE
- Eagerness \Ea"ger*ness\, n.
- 1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tartness; sourness. [Obs.]
- Syn: Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eagerness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a thing for,
- acceptance,
- accord,
- acquiescence,
- affinity,
- affirmation,
- affirmative,
- affirmative voice,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- agreement,
- alacrity,
- ambition,
- amenability,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- appetite,
- approbation,
- approval,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- ardor,
- assent,
- avidity,
- aye,
- bent,
- bias,
- blessing,
- breathless impatience,
- cast,
- chafing,
- cheerful consent,
- compliance,
- conatus,
- concupiscence,
- conduciveness,
- connivance,
- consent,
- cooperativeness,
- curiosity,
- dash,
- delight,
- desideration,
- desire,
- diathesis,
- disposition,
- disquietude,
- docility,
- drive,
- earnestness,
- elan,
- endorsement,
- energy,
- enthusiasm,
- excitement,
- fancy,
- fantasy,
- favorable disposition,
- favorableness,
- feeling for,
- fervor,
- forwardness,
- fretfulness,
- fretting,
- gameness,
- get-up-and-go,
- go,
- goodwill,
- gusto,
- haste,
- hope,
- horme,
- hunger,
- impatience,
- impatientness,
- impetuousness,
- inclination,
- intellectual curiosity,
- keenness,
- lather,
- leaning,
- liability,
- libido,
- liking,
- longing,
- lust for learning,
- mind,
- mustard,
- need,
- OK,
- okay,
- passion,
- penchant,
- permission,
- pleasure,
- pleasure principle,
- pliability,
- pliancy,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- prejudice,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- quickness,
- ratification,
- readiness,
- receptive mood,
- receptiveness,
- receptivity,
- relish,
- responsiveness,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- right mood,
- sanction,
- sensitivity to,
- sexual desire,
- soft spot,
- spirit,
- spiritedness,
- stew,
- submission,
- susceptibility,
- sweat,
- tendency,
- tense readiness,
- thirst for knowledge,
- tractability,
- tropism,
- turn,
- twist,
- uneasiness,
- ungrudgingness,
- unloathness,
- unpatientness,
- unquietness,
- unreluctance,
- urge,
- vehemence,
- verve,
- vigor,
- vim,
- vitality,
- want,
- wanting,
- warp,
- weakness,
- will,
- will and pleasure,
- willing ear,
- willing heart,
- willingness,
- wish,
- wish fulfillment,
- wishing,
- yearning,
- zeal,
- zealousness,
- zest,
- zing,
- zip