eager
Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
Adjective 3 meanings
Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
“Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.”
Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
“an eager algorithm”
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Verb 3 meanings
To be or become eager.
To express eagerness.
To make or encourage to be eager
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
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EAGER at a glance
EAGER has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (E 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,675 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with eager
All rhymesOne letter away
- WAGER9
- EATER5
- LAGER6
- PAGER8
- JAGER13
- SAGER6
- RAGER6
- EGGER7
- YAGER9
- EDGER7
- CAGER8
- EASER5
- GAGER7
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