eager
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Types & categories
- tidal flow hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
eager to learn
Related & opposite
- enthusiastic also see
- uneager antonym
- eagerness derivation
- anxiousp similar to
- hot similar to
- impatientp similar to
- overeager similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tidal flow |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | enthusiastic |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | uneager |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eagerness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | anxiousp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | hot |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | impatientp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | overeager |