Entry Word: eager

Function: adjective

Meaning: showing urgent desire or interest <Tom was eager to try out his new pair of skis>

Synonyms agog, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, enthusiastic, excited, gung ho, hot, hungry, impatient, keen, nuts, raring, solicitous, thirsty, voracious

Related Words engaged, interested; hung up, obsessed; ambitious, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining; restive, restless; disposed, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing

Phrases champing at the bit

Near Antonyms incurious, unconcerned, uninterested; aloof, detached, disinterested; impassive, stolid; halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, spiritless; averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (or loth), reluctant, unwilling

Antonyms apathetic, indifferent, uneager