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raring

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of raring

showing urgent desire or interest

We'd gotten up so early that by the time eight o'clock rolled around, we were raring to get started on the hike.

Synonyms of raring

agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, great, greedy, gung ho, hot, hungry, impatient, keen, nuts, pumped, solicitous, thirsty, voracious, wild

Words Related to raring

engaged, interested

happy, hung up, obsessed

ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining

breathless, restive, restless

amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing

Phrases Synonymous with raring

champing at the bit, chomping at the bit

Near Antonyms of raring

casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested

aloof, detached, disinterested

impassive, stolid

halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless

averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling

Antonyms of raring

apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic

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