Synonyms for eagerness
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Zeal
zeal, enthusiasm, alacrity, fervor US, fervour UK, ardor US, ardour UK, earnestness, passion, readiness, devotion, vehemence, heat, forwardness, ardency, strenuousness, verve, warmth, fervency, empressement dated
2. Keenness
keenness, avidity, desire, greediness, covetousness, avidness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
Forms
- Plural
- eagernesses → zeals, enthusiasms, alacrities, fervors…
Example sentences
- enthusiasm He destroyed all of my enthusiasm to learn Berber.
- zeal Success is due less to ability than to zeal.
- earnestness She was frightened by the earnestness of his manner.
- alacrity I was shocked by the alacrity with which my typos and gaffes were pointed out.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| eagerness | rising | |
| enthusiasm | steady | |
| zeal | steady | |
| earnestness | steady | |
| alacrity | rising | |
| keenness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- heat1, zeal1
- 5 letters
- verve1, ardor2
- 6 letters
- desire3, warmth1, fervor2, ardour
- 7 letters
- anxiety4, passion2, longing2, fervour, avidity, ardency
- 8 letters
- devotion3, yearning2, alacrity4, keenness, fervency, avidness
- 9 letters
- readiness3, vehemence3
- 10 letters
- enthusiasm5, impatience3, greediness
- 11 letters
- earnestness3, forwardness
- 12 letters
- covetousness, empressement
- 13 letters
- strenuousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ardor2 = 2 syllables).