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Definitions for Eager

[1] keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
[2] characterized by or revealing great earnestness: an eager look.
[3] Obsolete . keen; sharp; biting.
[4] eagre.
[5] a tidal bore or flood.
[6] (postpositive; often foll by to or for) impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for) he was eager to see her departure
[7] characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire an eager look
[8] archaic tart or biting; sharp
[9] a variant spelling of eagre
[10] a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary

Words related to Eager

restless, thirsty, hungry, greedy, impatient, keen, ambitious, longing, hankering, yearning, earnest, intent, wild, craving, pining, acquisitive, agog, antsy, ardent, athirst

Words nearby Eager

eadred, eads, eadwig, eadwine, eagan, eager, eager beaver, eagle, eagle eye, eagle owl, eagle pass

Origin of Eager

re1640–50; apparently representing earlier agar, ager, obscurely akin to hyger, higre; (compare Anglo-Latin (12th century) higra the tidal bore of the Severn); compared with Old English ēgor, eogor flood, high tide, though preservation of g in modern forms is problematic

Other words from Eager

ea·ger·ly , adverb
ea·ger·ness , noun

Word origin for Eager

reC17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water

Synonyms for Eager

ambitious, greedy, hungry, impatient, keen, restless, thirsty, craving, earnest, hankering, intent, longing, pining, wild, yearning, acquisitive, agog, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, desiring, desirous, dying to, fervent, fervid, gung ho, heated, hot, hot to trot, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, self-starting, solicitous, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wishful, zealous