Be+eager
21eager — [adj] anxious, enthusiastic acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit*, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho*, hankering, heated,… …
22eager beaver — [n] active person ambitious person, ball of fire*, busy bee*, busy person, doer, dynamo, fireball*, go getter, hot shot, live wire*, pistol*, self starter, spark plug*, workhorse; concept 706 …
23eager — ► ADJECTIVE 1) strongly wanting to do or have. 2) keenly expectant or interested. DERIVATIVES eagerly adverb eagerness noun. ORIGIN originally also in the sense «pungent, sour»: from Old French aigre keen , from Latin acer sharp, pungent …
24eager beaver — ☆ eager beaver n. Slang a person characterized by much, or too much, industry, initiative, or enthusiasm …
25Eager (novel) — Infobox Book name = Eager title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first paperback edition 2004 author = Helen Fox illustrator = cover artist = Adam Willis country = language = English series = subject = genre = science fiction children …
26eager — 01. I m quite [eager] to start my new job. 02. The kids [eagerly] packed their bags for their trip to Disneyland. 03. The children were really [eager] to see their grandmother after she came home from the hospital. 04. My teenage son s… …
27eager — ea|ger [ igər ] adjective ** very enthusiastic about doing something or enthusiastic about something that will happen: She looked at the eager faces waiting for her news. eager to do something: He s so eager to learn that he stays late every… …
28eager — adjective 1 very keen and excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to do: There was a queue of eager schoolchildren outside the theatre. | eager to do sth: Clara was eager to tell her side of the story. | eager… …
29eager — adjective 1) small eager faces Syn: keen, enthusiastic, avid, fervent, ardent, motivated, wholehearted, dedicated, committed, earnest; informal gung ho Ant: apathetic 2) we were eager for news …
30eager — adj. 1) eager for (eager for success) 2) eager to + inf. (she s eager to help) * * * [ iːgə] eager to + inf. (she s eager to help) eager for (eager for success) …
