Synonyms for avidity
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Noun
1. Eagerness — eagerness; intenseness of desire
eagerness, enthusiasm, desire, greediness, alacrity, rapacity, avarice, cupidity, greed, covetousness, keenness, liveliness, voracity, voraciousness, avidness, rapaciousness
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Definitions
- n. 1
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
Forms
- Plural
- avidities → eagernesses, enthusiasms, desires, greedinesses…
Example sentences
- desire It is true that we desire to live in a small town.
- enthusiasm He destroyed all of my enthusiasm to learn Berber.
- eagerness Pierre ate and drank a lot, with his usual eagerness.
- alacrity I was shocked by the alacrity with which my typos and gaffes were pointed out.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| avidity | steady | |
| desire | rising | |
| enthusiasm | steady | |
| eagerness | rising | |
| alacrity | rising | |
| ravenousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- greed1
- 6 letters
- desire3
- 7 letters
- avarice3
- 8 letters
- alacrity4, keenness, cupidity4, voracity4, rapacity, avidness
- 9 letters
- eagerness3
- 10 letters
- enthusiasm5, liveliness3, greediness
- 12 letters
- covetousness, ravenousness
- 13 letters
- rapaciousness, voraciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (desire3 = 3 syllables).