EAGERNESS

n. 1 avidity, zeal, earnestness, keenness, enthusiasm, fervour, hunger, vehemence, animation, vitality, appetite, zest, relish, spirit, spiritedness, gusto, verve, dash, élan, vim, vigour, energy, Colloq get-up-and-go, zip, go Such eagerness for learning is rare In his eagerness to please everyone he satisfies no one. 2 desire, longing, wishing, yearning He observed the eagerness, the open hunger, with which she now waited for Mr Browning