Definition of EAGER

eager

Plural: eagers

Noun

  • A tidal bore, a powerful rush of water upstream.
  • a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  • Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).

Adjective

  • Impatienly longing or wanting to do something.
  • having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
    • "eager to learn"
    • "eager to travel abroad"
    • "eager for success"
    • "eager helpers"
    • "an eager look"

Adj

  • Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
  • Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
  • Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
  • Sharp; sour; acid.
  • Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Verb

  • To be or become eager.
  • To express eagerness.
  • To make or encourage to be eager

Examples

  • an eager algorithm
  • He was eager to play his bingo, but needed to wait for the perfect opening.
  • I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.
  • Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
  • The hounds were eager in the chase.
  • The sudden triple-word score hit the board like an eager, washing away his opponent’s lead.
  • You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore, alacritous, athirst, bursting, fain, keen, raring

Scrabble Score: 6

eager: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
eager: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eager: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

eager: valid Words With Friends Word