'Keenness' definitions:
Definition of 'keenness'
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Definition of 'Keenness'
From: GCIDE
- Keenness \Keen"ness\, n. The quality or state of being keen. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'keenness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute zero,
- acerbity,
- acidity,
- acidness,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acrimony,
- acuity,
- acumen,
- acumination,
- acuteness,
- adroitness,
- agility,
- alacrity,
- alertness,
- algidity,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- asperity,
- astringency,
- astuteness,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- bite,
- bitingness,
- bitterness,
- bleakness,
- braininess,
- breathless impatience,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- briskness,
- causticity,
- causticness,
- cheerful readiness,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- cold,
- coldness,
- cool,
- coolness,
- coolth,
- corrosiveness,
- crispness,
- cryogenics,
- cryology,
- cuttingness,
- decrease in temperature,
- dexterity,
- discernment,
- discrimination,
- eagerness,
- edge,
- elan,
- esprit,
- facetiousness,
- fierceness,
- flair,
- forwardness,
- freezing point,
- freshness,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- funniness,
- gelidity,
- genius,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- grip,
- gust,
- gusto,
- harshness,
- humorousness,
- iciness,
- impatience,
- incisiveness,
- inclemency,
- intense cold,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing,
- keen desire,
- keen-wittedness,
- life,
- liveliness,
- low temperature,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- mordacity,
- mordancy,
- mucronation,
- native cleverness,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nip,
- nippiness,
- nous,
- penetration,
- percipience,
- perspicacity,
- piercingness,
- piquancy,
- pleasantry,
- poignancy,
- point,
- pointedness,
- prickliness,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- punctuality,
- pungency,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- rawness,
- readiness,
- ready wit,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- saltiness,
- savvy,
- severity,
- sharp air,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- shrewdness,
- sleeplessness,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- sourness,
- spinosity,
- spirit,
- sprightly wit,
- stabbingness,
- sting,
- stridency,
- stringency,
- talent,
- tartness,
- teeth,
- thorniness,
- trenchancy,
- vehemence,
- verve,
- violence,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- wakefulness,
- wit,
- wittiness,
- zest,
- zestfulness