Synonyms of gung ho

gung ho

adjective

ˈgəŋ-ˈhō 

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

he was gung ho about his accounting class

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• avid
• enthusiastic
• eager
• anxious
• hungry
• ardent
• champing at the bit
• keen
• chomping at the bit
• pumped
• desirous
• hepped up
• impatient
• thirsty
• happy
• nuts
• interested
• solicitous
• greedy
• ready
• voracious
• great
• antsy
• juiced
• crazy
• agog
• enthused
• stoked
• wild
• willing
• athirst
• bonkers
• hot
• geeked
• raring
• hopped-up
• engaged
• gaga
• obsessed
• longing
• appetent
• hung up
• glad
• ambitious
• covetous
• restless
• unreluctant
• disposed
• restive
• breathless
• game
• pining
• craving
• inclined
• amenable
• hankering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unconcerned
• uninterested
• unenthusiastic
• disinterested
• nonchalant
• aloof
• detached
• incurious
• insouciant
• reluctant
• unwilling
• impassive
• stolid
• uneager
• languid
• lukewarm
• spiritless
• hesitant
• averse
• loath
• halfhearted
• lackadaisical
• languorous
• disinclined

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gung ho

And even in early adopter states, where lawmakers are gung ho about innovative climate and energy policies, vehicle-to-grid tech is still in its early stages. — Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 9 June 2026

The studio was really gung ho about the film—top movie star, top TV star. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024

This place has been a coaching graveyard, but Canales is gung ho about his new job anyway. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Feb. 2024

Other researchers are less gung ho about such heady prospects. — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023

There are merely people who are gung ho about it, and people who would prefer for various reasons to soft-pedal it. — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 June 2023

Even financial firms, perhaps the most gung ho about return-to-office policies, have mostly caved, resigning themselves to a hybrid future that has, in many cases, stalled out at two-day-a-week callbacks. — Curbed, 15 June 2022