Definitions for eager

eager ea·ger

Spelling: [ee-ger]
IPA: /ˈi gər/

Eager is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in eager (aeegr).

Definitions for eager

noun

  1. eagre.
  2. a tidal bore or flood.

adjective

  1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing:
  2. characterized by or revealing great earnestness:
  3. Obsolete. keen; sharp; biting.

Origin of eager

1250-1300; Middle English egre Anglo-French, Old French egre, aigre Vulgar Latin *ācrus for Latin ācer sharp

Examples for eager

Many were just eager to forget, absolve, or overlook serious accusations, simply because doing so would be hugely convenient.

Miss Wilder listened attentively to Grace's eager outpouring.

In August 1984, I arrived at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, eager to jump into college life.

This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.

He was eager now to be off, and the time would hang heavily.

There are twenty men who will be eager to comply with the wishes of their minister.

So why, you might ask, are many of our leaders so eager to build it?

The unfermented wine of another spring day came to his eager nostrils.

How pale and eager their faces looked as they bent above him!

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, most of us are eager to return home for the holiday.

Word Value for eager
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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