| NOUN | feeling | eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness | a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something |
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| attribute | eagerness, readiness, zeal, forwardness | prompt willingness |
| Sounds | iy'gernahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. | |
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| Synonyms | avidity, avidness, keenness | |
| Narrower | ardor, ardour, elan, zeal | A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) |
| Broader | enthusiasm | A feeling of excitement |
| Catalan | afany, ànsia | |
| Spanish | afán, ansia | |
| Adjectives | eager | having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy |
| Meaning | Prompt willingness. | |
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| Example | "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel" | |
| Synonyms | readiness, zeal, forwardness | |
| Broader | willingness | cheerful compliance |