eager, avid, keen, anxious, athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest. eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint.

EAGER meaning: 1. wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable: 2…. Learn more.

Definition of eager adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

EAGER definition: keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing. See examples of eager used in a sentence.

1. characterized by keen or enthusiastic desire or interest; impatiently longing: eager to try it. 2. characterized by or revealing earnestness or expectancy: an eager look. 3. Archaic. keen; …

Dec 21, 2025 · eager (comparative more eager or eagerer, superlative most eager or eagerest) Desirous; keen to do or obtain something. quotations

1. enthusiastic, desirous. See avid. 2. fervent, zealous, fervid, intent, intense, earnest. 1. 2. indifferent, uninterested. 2. heedless. ea•ger2 (ē′ gər, ā′ gər), n. [Chiefly Brit.] Oceanography, …

If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much. Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army.

He’s a bright kid and eager to learn. She’s a very hard worker and very eager to please.

EAGER meaning: very excited and interested feeling a strong and impatient desire to do something or for something