eager
How many syllables in eager?
There are 2 syllables in the word eager.How to pronounce eager:
Synonyms for eager:
agog
antsy
anxious
ardent
avid
desirous
dying
enthused
enthusiastic
excited
geeked
great
greedy
gung ho
happy
hungry
impatient
intent
interested
itching
keen
nuts
overeager
pumped
raring
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Antonyms for eager:
affectless
aloof
ambitionless
antipathetic
apathetic
apathetic about
apathetic towards
apprehensive
assured
averse
averse to
blank
blasé
bored
boring
breathy
broad-minded
cagey
cagy
callous
calm
carefree
careless
casual
casual about
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- breakfast
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- shipping
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- module
- homie
- Gautam
- arrears
- museum
- Laurel
- dirt bike
- shortchanged
- ramate
- frisson
- cutting
- heroes
- heifer
- forward
- aghast
- evades
- relish
- rejoin
- elide
- Mairead
- glittered
- cottage
- coldly
- respect
- parting
- myopic
- human
- doctor's
- wary
- Turkey
- shadow
- pheasant
- Nahum
- bower
- annals
- mountain
- bestow
- wintry
- soccer
- snitched
- saucer
- deepest
- chucked
- bustled
- vengeance
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