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Entry Word:: eager
Function:: adjective

Text: showing urgent desire or interest<Tom was eager to try out his new pair of skis>Synonymsagog, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, enthusiastic, excited, gung ho, hot, hungry, impatient, keen, nuts, raring, solicitous, thirsty, voraciousRelated Wordsengaged, interested; hung up, obsessed; ambitious, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining; restive, restless; disposed, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willingPhraseschamping at the bitNear Antonymsincurious, unconcerned, uninterested; aloof, detached, disinterested; impassive, stolid; halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, spiritless; averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (or loth), reluctant, unwillingAntonymsapathetic, indifferent, uneager

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