eager
1adjective
Origin of eager
1Synonyms for eager
Antonyms for eager
eager
2noun Chiefly British.
eagre
or ea·ger
noun Chiefly British.
Origin of eagre
Related Words for eager
restless, thirsty, hungry, greedy, impatient, keen, ambitious, longing, hankering, yearning, earnest, intent, wild, craving, pining, acquisitive, agog, antsy, ardent, athirstExamples from the Web for eager
Contemporary Examples of eager
This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
In August 1984, I arrived at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, eager to jump into college life.
In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, most of us are eager to return home for the holiday.
Many were just eager to forget, absolve, or overlook serious accusations, simply because doing so would be hugely convenient.
So why, you might ask, are many of our leaders so eager to build it?
Historical Examples of eager
He was eager now to be off, and the time would hang heavily.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
The unfermented wine of another spring day came to his eager nostrils.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
There are twenty men who will be eager to comply with the wishes of their minister.
How pale and eager their faces looked as they bent above him!
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Miss Wilder listened attentively to Grace's eager outpouring.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower