Keener
Meaning of Keener
noun
- a person who wails or sings in grief for a dead person.
a team of five keeners was hired to cry on the way to escort their father to the crematorium
- a person who is extremely eager, zealous, or enthusiastic.
for the real keeners, tickets can be purchased in advance
- having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
a keen gardener
John was keen to help
- (of a sense) highly developed.
I have keen eyesight
- (of the edge or point of a blade) sharp.
the keen blade went through the weeds
- (of activity or feeling) intense.
there could be keen competition to provide the service
- excellent.
I would soon fly to distant stars—how keen!
Old English cēne ‘wise, clever’, also ‘brave, daring’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koen and German kühn ‘bold, brave’. Current senses date from Middle English.
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Hyphenation of Keener
Keener
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- Keener is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Keener synonyms
Meaning (of a person's expression or tone of voice) keenly expectant or interested:
Meaning very eager or concerned to do something or for something to happen:
Meaning restlessly eager:
Meaning having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it:
Meaning having or characterized by desire:
Meaning having or showing a yearning desire:
Meaning feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen:
Meaning be the site of or cause an itch:
Meaning on the point of death:
Meaning involving or expressing yearning:
Meaning having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed:
Meaning in a suitable state for an action or situation; fully prepared:
Meaning very enthusiastic and eager to do something:
Meaning having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval:
Meaning having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something:
Meaning very enthusiastic or passionate:
Meaning having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs:
Meaning having or displaying a passionate intensity:
Meaning intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree:
Meaning filled with or showing great emotion:
Meaning showing or characterized by complete sincerity and commitment:
Meaning characterized by great enthusiasm and energy:
Meaning having or showing zeal:
Meaning operated, moved, or controlled by a specified person or source of power:
Meaning ready, eager, or prepared to do something:
Meaning wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly:
Meaning pledged or bound to a certain course or policy; dedicated:
Meaning devoted to a task or purpose:
Meaning having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties:
Meaning resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction:
Meaning diligent and hard-working:
Meaning showing great care and perseverance:
Meaning determined to do (something):
Meaning (of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree:
Meaning (of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something:
Meaning able to make a way through or into something:
Meaning having or showing good judgement:
Meaning quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences:
Meaning having or showing sensitive insight:
Meaning having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence:
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Meaning quick to notice or perceive things:
Meaning having great power or strength:
Meaning make or become sharp or sharper:
Meaning (of a blade) sharpened:
Meaning sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon):
Meaning having or showing strong feelings or opinions; extremely earnest or serious:
Meaning reaching a high or the highest degree; very great:
Meaning having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness:
Meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:
Meaning (of a feeling) completely filling one's mind and attention; absorbing:
Meaning very keenly or deeply felt; intense:
Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:
Meaning (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense:
Keener antonyms
Meaning unwilling and hesitant; disinclined:
Meaning showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern:
Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point:
Words that rhyme with Keener
coparcener, damascener, decener, larcener, obscener, parcener, piecener, Gardener, Widener, broadener, burdener, deadener, emboldener, gardener, gladdener, goldener, hardener, prehardener, undergardener, widener, woodener, careener, deener, fifteener, fourteener, greener, inbetweener, keener, lateener, overweener, palankeener, phillipeener, preener, screener, shebeener, sixteener, subteener, teener, thirteener, restiffener, safener, stiffener, Burgener, Copenhagener, Ergener, Kartagener, Wagener, bigener, centgener, cogener
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