Definition of eager

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Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase..

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Raven :: Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality..
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent..
Overeager :: Overeager (a.) Too eager; too impatient.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite..
Avidiously :: Avidiously (adv.) Eagerly; greedily.
Ambition :: Ambition (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something..
Greed :: Greed (n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain..
Overprompt :: Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Zeal :: Zeal (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
Scramble :: Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office..
Futurist :: Futurist (n.) One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth..
Meager :: Meager (a.) Alt. of Meagr.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc..
Ambition :: Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Bare :: Bare (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
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