Synonyms for avid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Enthusiastic — enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
enthusiastic, ardent, eager, zealous, keen, passionate, mad, vivacious, lively, wishful, animated, zestful, fervent, vehement, impassioned, fervid, spirited, earnest, hearty
2. Desirous — greedy
desirous, greedy, acquisitive, esurient formal, covetous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
an avid learner of history
- adj. 2
greedy
Example sentences
- eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
- enthusiastic He always stands off when people are enthusiastic.
- ardent He went abroad in opposition to her ardent wishes.
- zealous The only thing worse than an idiot is a zealous idiot.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| avid | rising | |
| eager | rising | |
| enthusiastic | steady | |
| ardent | steady | |
| zealous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mad1
- 4 letters
- keen1
- 5 letters
- eager2
- 6 letters
- lively2, greedy2, hearty2, ardent2, fervid2
- 7 letters
- earnest2, wishful2, zealous2, fervent2, zestful2
- 8 letters
- animated4, spirited3, vehement3, desirous3, covetous, esurient
- 9 letters
- vivacious3
- 10 letters
- passionate3
- 11 letters
- impassioned3, acquisitive4
- 12 letters
- enthusiastic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eager2 = 2 syllables).