English adjective: eager | |||
1. | eager having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy | ||
Samples | Eager to learn. Eager to travel abroad. Eager for success. Eager helpers. An eager look. | ||
Similar | anxious, dying, hot, impatient, overeager, raring | ||
See also | enthusiastic | ||
Antonyms | uneager | ||
English noun: eager | |||
1. | eager (event) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | ||
Synonyms | aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tidal current, tidal flow | ||