| Main Entry: | eager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
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, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | envious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jealous, resentful |
Synonyms: |
appetent, aspiring, begrudging, coveting, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, fain, grasping, greedy, green with envy, green-eyed, grudging, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, longing for, malicious, spiteful, suspicious, umbrageous, watchful, wishful, yearning |
Antonyms: |
comfortable, confident, content, kind, pleased, unenvious |
| Main Entry: | impatient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable, unwilling to wait |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, agog, antsy, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, chafing, choleric, curt, demanding, dying to, eager, edgy, feverish, fretful, hasty, having short fuse, headlong, hot under collar, hot-tempered, impetuous, indignant, intolerant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, on pins and needles, quick-tempered, racing one's motor, restless, ripe*, snappy, straining, sudden, testy, thirsty, unforbearing, unindulgent, vehement, violent |
Antonyms: |
controlled, easy-going, enduring, forbearing, laid-back, patient, tolerant, waiting, willing |
| Main Entry: | keen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
agog, alert, animate, animated, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, devoted, dying to, eager, earnest, ebullient, fervent, fervid, fierce, fond of, gung ho, impassioned, impatient, intense, intent, interested, lively, perfervid, spirited, sprightly, thirsty, vehement, vivacious, warm, zealous |
Antonyms: |
reluctant, unenthusiastic, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | solicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
Synonyms: |
anxious, appetent, apprehensive, ardent, athirst, attentive, avid, beside oneself, careful, caring, concerned, devoted, eager, earnest, heedful, impatient, keen, loving, mindful, raring, regardful, tender, thirsty, troubled, uneasy, worried sick, worried stiff, zealous |
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easy-going, laid-back, unafraid, unworried |
| Main Entry: | thirsty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dry, desirous (especially for liquid) |
Synonyms: |
agog*, anxious, appetent, ardent, arid, athirst, avid, bone-dry, breathless, burning, cottonmouthed, craving, crazy for, dehydrated, droughty, dry as dust, dying for, eager, greedy, hankering, hungry, impatient, inclined, itching for, juiceless, keen, longing, lusting, parched, partial to, sapless, thirsting, waterless, wild for, yearning |
Antonyms: |
moist, quenched, satisfied, wet |
| Main Entry: | seeking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pursuing |
Synonyms: |
appealing, appetent, exploring |
| Main Entry: | thirsting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, bursting, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering*, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
| Main Entry: | unforbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impatient |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, agog, antsy, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, chafing, choleric, curt, demanding, dying to, eager, edgy, feverish, fretful, hasty, having short fuse, headlong, hot under collar, hot-tempered, impetuous, indignant, intolerant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, on pins and needles, quick-tempered, racing one's motor, restless, ripe*, snappy, straining, sudden, testy, thirsty, unindulgent, vehement, violent |