What is another word for keen?
1742 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈiːn], [ kˈiːn], [ k_ˈiː_n]
Keen is a word that is often used to describe a deep interest or passion for something. However, there are other words that can be used to convey a similar meaning such as avid, enthusiastic, ardent, fervent, passionate, zealous, dedicated, committed, devoted, impassioned, and intense. These words can be used to describe a range of emotions and behaviors that come with being deeply interested in something - from the focused attention of an avid reader to the intense dedication of a passionate artist. Whether you're trying to communicate a sense of excitement, commitment, or intensity, there are many synonyms for keen that can help you express yourself more precisely.
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Similar words for keen:
- active (adjective)
- attentive (adjective)
- avid (adjective)
- bright (adjective)
- cold (adjective)
- cool (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- desirous (adjective)
- discriminating (adjective)
- dry (adjective)
- enthusiastic (adjective)
- hot (adjective)
- hungry (adjective)
- impressionable (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- lively (adjective)
- pert (adjective)
- pungent (adjective)
- rabid (adjective)
- racy (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- savvy (adjective)
- sensitive (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- sour (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- super (adjective)
- trenchant (adjective)
- vigilant (adjective)
- wishful (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- would-be (adjective)
- able (adjective)
- acute (adjective)
- admirable (adjective)
- alert, awake (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- anxious (adjective)
- appreciative (adjective)
- ardent (adjective)
- aspiring (adjective)
- aspiring, hopeful (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- bold, flamboyant (adjective)
- burning, corrosive (adjective)
- careful, watchful (adjective)
- caustic (adjective)
- chilly, refreshing (weather) (adjective)
- chipper (adjective)
- clever (adjective)
- clever, cunning (adjective)
- clever, scheming (adjective)
- concerned, curious (adjective)
- conscious (adjective)
- cool, excellent (adjective)
- covetous (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- crazy (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- dandy (adjective)
- dashing (adjective)
- deranged (adjective)
- deserving congratulations, adoration (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- eager (adjective)
- earnest (adjective)
- energetic, active, busy (adjective)
- energetic, healthy (adjective)
- enterprising (adjective)
- enthusiastic; in love (adjective)
- excellent (adjective)
- exquisite (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- fresh (adjective)
- gay (adjective)
- glowing (adjective)
- gnawing (adjective)
- happy (adjective)
- held in great respect (adjective)
- impatient (adjective)
- infatuated, in love (adjective)
- insightful (adjective)
- intense (adjective)
- intense; emotional (adjective)
- interested (adjective)
- ironic/ironical (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- lively, bold (adjective)
- lively, vigorous (adjective)
- mad (adjective)
- marvelous (adjective)
- nuts/nutty (adjective)
- nutty (adjective)
- observant (adjective)
- peaches-and-cream (adjective)
- peppery (adjective)
- perceptive (adjective)
- piercing (adjective)
- poignant (adjective)
- pointed (adjective)
- praiseworthy (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- ready (adjective)
- resourceful, energetic (adjective)
- sarcastic, sharp-tongued (adjective)
- sensational (adjective)
- sharp, piercing (adjective)
- sharp-witted (adjective)
- shrewd (adjective)
- smart (adjective)
- solicitous (adjective)
- spicy (adjective)
- spirited (adjective)
- sprightly (adjective)
- starving; desirous (adjective)
- subtle (adjective)
- swell (adjective)
- thirsty (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- very happy, enthusiastic (adjective)
- very smart (adjective)
- vivacious (adjective)
- warm (adjective)
- watchful (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- wonderful (adjective)
- youthful (adjective)
- zealous (adjective)
- aspiring (noun)
- corking (noun)
- cracking (noun)
- dirge (noun)
- groovy (noun)
- howl (noun)
- keen (noun)
- lament/lamentation (noun)
- ululation (noun)
- howl (noun, verb)
- cry (verb)
- grieve (verb)
- mourn (verb)
- wail (verb)
Synonyms for Keen:
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adj.
• active • attentive • avid • bright • cold- algid ,
- below freezing ,
- below zero ,
- brumal ,
- frore ,
- have goose bumps ,
- hawkish ,
- hiemal ,
- icebox ,
- iced ,
- one-dog night ,
- shivery ,
- two-dog night ,
- gelid ,
- hyperborean ,
- numbing ,
- rimy ,
- sleety .
- REDHOT ,
- born-again ,
- gone on ,
- hooked ,
- keyed up ,
- mad about something ,
- motivated ,
- red hot ,
- wholehearted ,
- Into ,
- actively ,
- addicted ,
- animate ,
- animated ,
- appetent ,
- aware ,
- awestruck ,
- big ,
- devoted ,
- devout ,
- earnest ,
- ebullient ,
- evangelical ,
- fanatic ,
- fanatical ,
- fierce ,
- fond ,
- fond of ,
- full-blooded ,
- gaga ,
- heartiest ,
- heartily ,
- impatient ,
- impressed ,
- intense ,
- intent ,
- messianic ,
- overzealous ,
- perfervid ,
- spirited ,
- sprightly ,
- star-struck ,
- vivacious ,
- willing .
- Famishing ,
- Hungered ,
- could eat a horse ,
- esurient ,
- flying light ,
- got the munchies ,
- insatiate ,
- on empty stomach ,
- edacious ,
- hoggish ,
- unfilled ,
- unsatisfied .
- all there ,
- brilliant ,
- canny ,
- einstein ,
- more intelligent ,
- perspicacious ,
- sagacious ,
- well-informed ,
- whiz ,
- wise ,
- witty .
- flipper ,
- smart alecky ,
- dis respectful ,
- dis-respectful ,
- flippest ,
- in solent ,
- in-solent ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- smartalecky .
- Susceptive ,
- easily affected ,
- emotionable ,
- hypersensitive ,
- reactive ,
- sensatory ,
- sensile ,
- supersensitive ,
- touchy feely ,
- turned on to ,
- oversensitive .
- Needle-pointed ,
- Thistly ,
- Unblunted ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- apical ,
- barbed ,
- briery ,
- bristly ,
- cutting ,
- ground fine ,
- horned ,
- jagged ,
- keen-edged ,
- knife-edged ,
- lancinating ,
- needle-like ,
- needle-point ,
- needlelike ,
- pointed ,
- pointy ,
- prickly ,
- razor-edged ,
- sagittal ,
- sharp ,
- smart as a tack ,
- spear-like ,
- spiked ,
- spikier ,
- spikiest ,
- spiky ,
- spinous ,
- spiny ,
- thorny ,
- tined ,
- sharp-edged ,
- splintery .
- looking for ,
- on alert ,
- on lookout ,
- on the job ,
- on the lookout ,
- on the qui vive ,
- on toes ,
- openeyed ,
- with eyes peeled ,
- looking to ,
- open-eyed ,
- with weather eye open .
- equal to ,
- know backwards and forwards ,
- know backwards forwards ,
- know one onions ,
- know one's onions ,
- know ones onions ,
- know onions ,
- know ropes ,
- more efficient ,
- more skilled ,
- more talented ,
- most capable ,
- most efficient ,
- powerful ,
- pre pared ,
- pre-pared ,
- there ,
- therer ,
- therest ,
- up it ,
- up snuff ,
- up speed ,
- up to it ,
- up to snuff ,
- up to speed .
- more acute ,
- more racking ,
- more shooting ,
- most racking ,
- most shooting ,
- over powering ,
- over whelming ,
- over-powering ,
- over-whelming ,
- severe .
- A 1 ,
- a ok ,
- best ever ,
- cat pajamas ,
- cat's pajamas ,
- cats pajamas ,
- copacetic ,
- de serving ,
- de-serving ,
- dreamest ,
- hunky dory ,
- more a ok ,
- more a-ok ,
- more aok ,
- more copacetic ,
- more crackerjack ,
- more meritable ,
- more super duper ,
- more super-duper ,
- more superduper ,
- most a ok ,
- most a-ok ,
- most aok ,
- most crackerjack ,
- most meritable ,
- most super duper ,
- most super-duper ,
- most superduper ,
- out of world ,
- out sight ,
- out this world ,
- out world ,
- super duper ,
- super-duper ,
- superduper ,
- un-real ,
- zero cool .
- keen .
- co operative ,
- co-operative ,
- friendly ,
- kindly ,
- more admiring ,
- more supportive ,
- more understanding ,
- most admiring ,
- most knowledgeable ,
- most pleased ,
- sympathetic ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing .
- horny ,
- lovey dovey ,
- lovey-dovey ,
- loveydovey ,
- more lovey dovey ,
- more lovey-dovey ,
- more loveydovey ,
- most fervid ,
- most lovey dovey ,
- most lovey-dovey ,
- most loveydovey ,
- vehement .
- foxy ,
- on ball ,
- quick on the uptake ,
- quick on uptake ,
- quick the uptake ,
- quick uptake ,
- sharp as a tack ,
- sharp as tack .
- dexterous dextrous ,
- dexterous-dextrous ,
- dexterousdextrous ,
- many sided ,
- manysided ,
- more egghead ,
- most egghead ,
- nobody fool ,
- nobody's fool ,
- nobodys fool ,
- pro ,
- quick on trigger ,
- quick trigger ,
- re sourceful ,
- re-sourceful ,
- slick .
- able recognize ,
- able to recognize ,
- alive to ,
- hep to ,
- in formed ,
- in on ,
- in right mind ,
- in-formed ,
- more aesthetic ,
- more apperceptive ,
- more apprised ,
- more felt ,
- more informed ,
- more percipient ,
- more recognizing ,
- more remarking ,
- more supraliminal ,
- more witting ,
- most apperceptive ,
- most apprised ,
- most felt ,
- most percipient ,
- most recognizing ,
- most remarking ,
- most supraliminal ,
- most witting ,
- on to ,
- percipient ,
- re cognizing ,
- re marking ,
- re-cognizing ,
- re-marking ,
- sensitive to ,
- supra liminal ,
- supra-liminal ,
- supraliminal ,
- wise to ,
- witting .
- close fisted ,
- ensurient ,
- grabby ,
- green eyed ,
- greeneyed ,
- more ensurient ,
- more grudging ,
- more hogging ,
- more prehensile ,
- more swinish ,
- most ensurient ,
- most grudging ,
- most hogging ,
- most prehensile ,
- most swinish ,
- prehensile ,
- swinish .
- crazy like fox ,
- de signing ,
- de-signing ,
- dis ingenuous ,
- dis-ingenuous ,
- more streetwise ,
- most streetwise ,
- street smart ,
- streetwise .
- exemplary ,
- famous ,
- first class ,
- first rate ,
- firstclass ,
- firstrate ,
- five star ,
- five-star ,
- fivestar ,
- flyest ,
- grandest ,
- more five star ,
- more five-star ,
- more fivestar ,
- more paragon ,
- most famous ,
- most first rate ,
- most five star ,
- most five-star ,
- most fivestar ,
- most paragon ,
- sup rior .
- anxious ,
- hot to trot ,
- hot trot ,
- more appetent ,
- more eager ,
- more hankering ,
- more pining ,
- more self starting ,
- more self-starting ,
- more selfstarting ,
- more warmblooded ,
- most appetent ,
- most hankering ,
- most pining ,
- most self starting ,
- most self-starting ,
- most selfstarting ,
- most warmblooded ,
- rarin go ,
- rarin to go ,
- rarin' go ,
- rarin' to go ,
- ready willing ,
- self starting ,
- self-starting ,
- selfstarting ,
- warmblooded .
- GOGO ,
- coming on strong ,
- coming strong ,
- go go ,
- go-go ,
- goahead ,
- gumptious ,
- hard ball ,
- more advancing ,
- more go go ,
- more go-go ,
- more gogo ,
- more gumptious ,
- more lusting ,
- more take over ,
- more take-over ,
- more takeover ,
- most advancing ,
- most go go ,
- most go-go ,
- most gogo ,
- most gumptious ,
- most lusting ,
- most take over ,
- most take-over ,
- most takeover ,
- take over ,
- take-over ,
- up and coming ,
- up-and-coming .
- mad .
- Fine-spun ,
- fine spun ,
- hairline ,
- more fine spun ,
- more fine-spun ,
- more hairline ,
- more hairsplitting ,
- more unpolluted ,
- most enigmatic ,
- most fine spun ,
- most fine-spun ,
- most hairline ,
- most hairsplitting ,
- most unpolluted ,
- trifling ,
- un adulterated ,
- un polluted ,
- un-adulterated ,
- un-polluted ,
- unpolluted .
- Unfaded ,
- Unwithered ,
- bright eyed ,
- bright-eyed ,
- brighteyed ,
- bushy tailed ,
- bushy-tailed ,
- bushytailed ,
- dewier ,
- dewiest ,
- dewy ,
- hardy ,
- like new ,
- more bouncing ,
- more bright eyed ,
- more bright-eyed ,
- more brighteyed ,
- more bushy tailed ,
- more bushy-tailed ,
- more bushytailed ,
- more invigorated ,
- more refreshed ,
- more rehabilitated ,
- more undimmed ,
- more unfaded ,
- more unwithered ,
- most bouncing ,
- most bright eyed ,
- most bright-eyed ,
- most brighteyed ,
- most bushy tailed ,
- most bushy-tailed ,
- most bushytailed ,
- most invigorated ,
- most refreshed ,
- most rehabilitated ,
- most undimmed ,
- most unfaded ,
- most unwithered ,
- peaches-and-cream ,
- re freshed ,
- re habilitated ,
- re stored ,
- re-freshed ,
- re-habilitated ,
- re-stored ,
- un dimmed ,
- un faded ,
- un used ,
- un wearied ,
- un withered ,
- un-dimmed ,
- un-faded ,
- un-used ,
- un-wearied ,
- un-withered ,
- undimmed .
- Gamesome ,
- chirpier ,
- chirpiest ,
- chirpy ,
- devil may care ,
- fun loving ,
- fun-loving ,
- funloving ,
- hilarious ,
- more fun loving ,
- more fun-loving ,
- more funloving ,
- more gamesome ,
- more pleasure seeking ,
- more pleasure-seeking ,
- more pleasureseeking ,
- most fun loving ,
- most fun-loving ,
- most funloving ,
- most gamesome ,
- most jocund ,
- most pleasure seeking ,
- most pleasure-seeking ,
- most pleasureseeking ,
- playful ,
- pleasure seeking ,
- pleasure-seeking ,
- pleasureseeking ,
- self assertive ,
- self-assertive ,
- selfassertive .
- adulatory ,
- eulogistic ,
- hot blooded ,
- hot-blooded ,
- hotblooded ,
- more adulatory ,
- more eulogistic ,
- more panegyrical ,
- most adulatory ,
- most eulogistic ,
- most panegyrical ,
- panegyrical ,
- raver ,
- ravest .
- having short fuse ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- headlong ,
- hot tempered ,
- hot under collar ,
- hottempered ,
- in tolerant ,
- in-tolerant ,
- more chafing ,
- more straining ,
- more unindulgent ,
- most chafing ,
- most straining ,
- most unindulgent ,
- on pins and needles ,
- on pins needles ,
- quick tempered ,
- quicktempered ,
- racing motor ,
- racing one motor ,
- racing one's motor ,
- racing ones motor ,
- ripe ,
- un indulgent ,
- un-indulgent ,
- unforbearing ,
- unindulgent .
- ear ground ,
- ear the ground ,
- ear to ground ,
- ear to the ground ,
- knows what what ,
- knows what's what ,
- knows whats what ,
- more penetrative ,
- most penetrative ,
- penetrative ,
- tuned in .
- all consuming ,
- all-consuming ,
- allconsuming ,
- extra ordinary ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in tensive ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- in-tensive ,
- more all consuming ,
- more all-consuming ,
- more allconsuming ,
- more intensified ,
- most all consuming ,
- most all-consuming ,
- most allconsuming ,
- most intensified ,
- un due ,
- un duer ,
- un duest ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest .
- Enticed ,
- eat sleep and breathe ,
- eat sleep breathe ,
- ex cited ,
- ex-cited ,
- in spired ,
- in spirited ,
- in to ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spirited ,
- more awakened ,
- more enticed ,
- more in to ,
- more inspirited ,
- more interested ,
- more into ,
- more lured ,
- more roused ,
- more stirred ,
- most awakened ,
- most enticed ,
- most in to ,
- most inspirited ,
- most interested ,
- most into ,
- most lured ,
- most roused ,
- most stirred ,
- on case ,
- on the case ,
- pre disposed ,
- pre-disposed ,
- struck .
- double edged ,
- doubleedged ,
- in congruous ,
- in-congruous ,
- mocking ,
- more backbiting ,
- more chaffing ,
- more double edged ,
- more double-edged ,
- more doubleedged ,
- more ironic ,
- more jibing ,
- more paradoxical ,
- more satiric ,
- more uncomplimentary ,
- most backbiting ,
- most chaffing ,
- most double edged ,
- most double-edged ,
- most doubleedged ,
- most ironical ,
- most jibing ,
- most paradoxical ,
- most uncomplimentary ,
- paradoxical ,
- satiric ,
- un complimentary ,
- un-complimentary ,
- uncomplimentary ,
- wry .
- Worldlywise ,
- clear sighted ,
- clear-sighted ,
- clearsighted ,
- far sighted ,
- far-sighted ,
- judicial ,
- more clear sighted ,
- more clear-sighted ,
- more clearsighted ,
- more well judged ,
- more well-judged ,
- more welljudged ,
- most clear sighted ,
- most clear-sighted ,
- most clearsighted ,
- most well judged ,
- most well-judged ,
- most welljudged ,
- well advised ,
- well judged ,
- well-judged ,
- welladvised ,
- welljudged ,
- worldly wise .
- pert .
- bedlamite ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- more bedlamite ,
- most bedlamite ,
- out mind ,
- out of mind ,
- out of one mind ,
- out of ones mind ,
- out one mind ,
- out one's mind ,
- out ones mind ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual .
- Intentive ,
- Observative ,
- advertent ,
- dis covering ,
- dis-covering ,
- eagle eyed ,
- eagleeyed ,
- more advertent ,
- more contemplating ,
- more deducing ,
- more detecting ,
- more discovering ,
- more intentive ,
- more observative ,
- more questioning ,
- more sharp eyed ,
- more sharp-eyed ,
- more sharpeyed ,
- more surveying ,
- most advertent ,
- most contemplating ,
- most deducing ,
- most detecting ,
- most discovering ,
- most intentive ,
- most observative ,
- most questioning ,
- most sharp eyed ,
- most sharp-eyed ,
- most sharpeyed ,
- most surveying ,
- not missing a trick ,
- not missing trick ,
- on one toes ,
- on one's toes ,
- on ones toes ,
- sharp eyed ,
- sharp-eyed ,
- sharpeyed .
- more sharp tempered ,
- more sharp-tempered ,
- more sharptempered ,
- most sharp tempered ,
- most sharp-tempered ,
- most sharptempered ,
- sharp tempered ,
- sharp-tempered ,
- sharptempered .
- Sophic ,
- gnostic ,
- in sighted ,
- in-sighted ,
- insighted ,
- insightful ,
- more gnostic ,
- more insighted ,
- more sophic ,
- most gnostic ,
- most insighted ,
- most sophic .
- Stentorious ,
- high pitched ,
- highpitched ,
- more shattering ,
- more stentorious ,
- most shattering ,
- most stentorious ,
- roaring .
- Acuminous ,
- Mucronate ,
- Piked ,
- arrowlike ,
- boiled down ,
- calling a spade a spade ,
- calling a spade spade ,
- calling spade a spade ,
- calling spade spade ,
- in a nutshell ,
- in nutshell ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuating ,
- laid line ,
- laid on line ,
- laid on the line ,
- laid the line ,
- more acuminous ,
- more arrowlike ,
- more edged ,
- more piked ,
- more pronged ,
- more right on ,
- more right-on ,
- more righton ,
- more sagittal ,
- more sagittate ,
- more sharp cornered ,
- more sharp-cornered ,
- more sharpcornered ,
- more short and sweet ,
- more short-and-sweet ,
- most acuminous ,
- most arrowlike ,
- most edged ,
- most piked ,
- most pronged ,
- most right on ,
- most right-on ,
- most righton ,
- most sagittal ,
- most sagittate ,
- most sharp cornered ,
- most sharp-cornered ,
- most sharpcornered ,
- most short and sweet ,
- most short-and-sweet ,
- on button ,
- on the button ,
- pronged ,
- right it ,
- right to it ,
- right-on ,
- righton ,
- sagittate ,
- sharp cornered ,
- sharp-cornered ,
- sharpcornered ,
- short-and-sweet .
- Thankworthy ,
- meritable ,
- more pillar ,
- more thankworthy ,
- most pillar ,
- most thankworthy ,
- salt earth ,
- salt of earth .
- deep seated ,
- deeply felt ,
- deepseated ,
- ex tensive ,
- far reaching ,
- farreaching ,
- out and out ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder .
- Expeditive ,
- a move on ,
- ex press ,
- ex-press ,
- harefooted ,
- instantaneous ,
- lead out ,
- more expeditive ,
- more harefooted ,
- more nimble witted ,
- more nimble-witted ,
- more nimblewitted ,
- most expeditive ,
- most harefooted ,
- most nimble witted ,
- most nimble-witted ,
- most nimblewitted ,
- move it ,
- nimble witted ,
- nimble-witted ,
- nimblewitted ,
- on double ,
- post haste ,
- post-haste ,
- quick draw ,
- quick on draw ,
- quick on the draw ,
- quick on the trigger ,
- quick the draw ,
- quick the trigger ,
- quickest ,
- smart as a whip ,
- smart as whip ,
- the lead out .
- more sharp sighted ,
- more sharp-sighted ,
- more sharpsighted ,
- most sharp sighted ,
- most sharp-sighted ,
- most sharpsighted ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- sharp sighted ,
- sharp-sighted ,
- sharpsighted .
- dry .
- in credible ,
- in-credible ,
- mind blowing ,
- mindblowing ,
- more agitating ,
- most agitating ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising .
- more quick thinking ,
- more quick-thinking ,
- more quickthinking ,
- most quick thinking ,
- most quick-thinking ,
- most quickthinking ,
- quick thinking ,
- quick-thinking ,
- quickthinking ,
- sharp witted ,
- sharpwitted .
- Sharker ,
- in side ,
- more argute ,
- most argute ,
- on inside ,
- on the inside ,
- on top of ,
- savvy ,
- shark ,
- sharkest ,
- shrewdest ,
- under hand ,
- under-hand ,
- up on ,
- wised up .
- long haired ,
- long-haired ,
- longhaired ,
- more genius ,
- more long haired ,
- more long-haired ,
- more longhaired ,
- most genius ,
- most long haired ,
- most long-haired ,
- most longhaired ,
- skull ,
- skuller ,
- skullest .
- more caring ,
- most caring ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- worried sick ,
- worried stiff .
- aromal ,
- herbaceous ,
- highly seasoned ,
- more aromal ,
- more herbaceous ,
- more odoriferous ,
- most aromal ,
- most herbaceous ,
- most odoriferous ,
- odoriferous .
- Rocking ,
- full life ,
- full of life ,
- more rocking ,
- most rocking ,
- zappier ,
- zappiest ,
- zappy ,
- zingier ,
- zingiest ,
- zingy .
- Fairylike ,
- Keen-witted ,
- grooving ,
- keen witted ,
- keenwitted ,
- more fairylike ,
- more grooving ,
- more keen witted ,
- more keen-witted ,
- more keenwitted ,
- most fairylike ,
- most grooving ,
- most keen witted ,
- most keen-witted ,
- most keenwitted ,
- swinging .
- Droughty ,
- bone dry ,
- bonedry ,
- cottonmouthed ,
- crazy for ,
- de hydrated ,
- de-hydrated ,
- droughtier ,
- droughtiest ,
- dry as dust ,
- dying for ,
- itching for ,
- juiceless ,
- more cottonmouthed ,
- more dehydrated ,
- more juiceless ,
- more sapless ,
- more waterless ,
- most cottonmouthed ,
- most dehydrated ,
- most juiceless ,
- most sapless ,
- most waterless ,
- partial to ,
- sapless ,
- waterless ,
- wild for .
- Museful ,
- de liberative ,
- de-liberative ,
- lost in thought ,
- lost thought ,
- more museful ,
- more pondering ,
- more reasoning ,
- more reflecting ,
- most museful ,
- most pondering ,
- most reasoning ,
- most reflecting ,
- philosophic ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre-occupied .
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• cry- be moan ,
- be moaned ,
- be moaning ,
- be moans ,
- be wail ,
- be wailed ,
- be wailing ,
- be wails ,
- be-moan ,
- be-moaned ,
- be-moaning ,
- be-moans ,
- be-wail ,
- be-wailed ,
- be-wailing ,
- be-wails ,
- boohoos ,
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- burst in to tears ,
- bursted in to tears ,
- bursted into tears ,
- bursting in to tears ,
- bursting into tears ,
- bursts in to tears ,
- bursts into tears ,
- dissolve tears ,
- dissolved tears ,
- dissolves in tears ,
- dissolves tears ,
- dissolving in tears ,
- dissolving tears ,
- let all out ,
- lets all out ,
- lets it all out ,
- lets it out ,
- lets out ,
- letted all out ,
- letted go ,
- letted it all out ,
- letted it out ,
- letted out ,
- letting all out ,
- letting it all out ,
- letting it out ,
- put on weeps ,
- put the weeps ,
- put weeps ,
- puts on the weeps ,
- puts on weeps ,
- puts the weeps ,
- puts weeps ,
- putting on the weeps ,
- putting on weeps ,
- putting the weeps ,
- putting weeps ,
- rang blues ,
- rang the blues ,
- ring blues ,
- ringed blues ,
- ringed the blues ,
- ringing blues ,
- ringing the blues ,
- rings blues ,
- rings the blues ,
- shedding bitter tears ,
- sheds bitter tears ,
- turn waterworks ,
- turned on waterworks ,
- turned waterworks ,
- turning on waterworks ,
- turning waterworks ,
- turns on waterworks ,
- turns waterworks .
- ate heart out ,
- ate one heart out ,
- ate one's heart out ,
- ate ones heart out ,
- cried a river ,
- cried river ,
- cries a river ,
- cries river ,
- cry river ,
- crying a river ,
- crying river ,
- eat one heart out ,
- eat ones heart out ,
- eating heart out ,
- eating one heart out ,
- eating one's heart out ,
- eating ones heart out ,
- eats heart out ,
- eats one heart out ,
- eats one's heart out ,
- eats ones heart out ,
- hanged crepe ,
- hanging crepe ,
- hangs crepe ,
- hung crepe ,
- sang blues ,
- sang the blues ,
- sing blues ,
- singing blues ,
- sings blues ,
- sings the blues ,
- sung blues ,
- sung the blues ,
- take hard ,
- takes hard ,
- takes it hard ,
- taking hard ,
- taking it hard ,
- took hard ,
- took it hard .
- am brokenhearted ,
- am sad ,
- are brokenhearted ,
- are sad ,
- art brokenhearted ,
- art sad ,
- being brokenhearted ,
- being sad ,
- is brokenhearted ,
- is sad ,
- longed for ,
- re pine ,
- re pined ,
- re pines ,
- re-pine ,
- re-pined ,
- re-pines ,
- re-pining ,
- was brokenhearted ,
- was sad ,
- wast brokenhearted ,
- wast sad ,
- wearing black ,
- wears black ,
- were brokenhearted ,
- were sad ,
- wert brokenhearted ,
- wert sad ,
- wore black ,
- wringing hands ,
- wrings hands ,
- wrung hands .
Other synonyms:
- Thirsting ,
- agog ,
- assail ,
- athirst ,
- bleep ,
- chime ,
- clink ,
- cold ,
- covetous ,
- creak ,
- distinguish ,
- envious ,
- gung ho ,
- kinaesthetic ,
- longingly ,
- mewl ,
- observant ,
- perceive ,
- probing ,
- racy ,
- raring ,
- ripping ,
- sense organ ,
- sensory ,
- sensuous ,
- sentient ,
- serrated ,
- sour ,
- spicy ,
- thoughtful ,
- trenchant ,
- urgent ,
- wheeze .
- Sharp-witted ,
- Two-edged ,
- active ,
- assault ,
- blubber ,
- desperate ,
- double-edged ,
- edgy ,
- howl ,
- ironic ,
- left-handed ,
- longing ,
- peppery ,
- perception ,
- sensation ,
- smell ,
- squeak ,
- tinkle ,
- warm ,
- weep ,
- whimper ,
- youthful .
- badly ,
- beep ,
- marvelous ,
- nuts ,
- pipe ,
- razor-sharp ,
- solicitous ,
- tremendous ,
- yowl ,
- zing .
- fantastical ,
- whistle .
- fantastic .
Other relevant words:
- Fussed ,
- Fussing ,
- Moaned ,
- Rued ,
- anguished ,
- be brokenhearted ,
- be sad ,
- cry ,
- cry a river ,
- cry the blues ,
- eat heart out ,
- eat one's heart out ,
- grieve ,
- groan ,
- groused ,
- grousing ,
- hang crepe ,
- jowled ,
- jowling ,
- let it out ,
- long for ,
- longing for ,
- longs for ,
- moan ,
- mourn ,
- repine ,
- rue ,
- sing the blues ,
- singing the blues ,
- take it hard ,
- ululate ,
- wail ,
- wailing ,
- wear black ,
- wring hands .
- Boohoo ,
- Boohooed ,
- Boohooing ,
- Mewled ,
- Mewling ,
- Regretted ,
- Squalled ,
- blub ,
- blubbed ,
- blubbing ,
- blubs ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- burst into tears ,
- dissolve in tears ,
- dissolved in tears ,
- keened ,
- keens ,
- let go ,
- let it all out ,
- let out ,
- lets go ,
- letting go ,
- letting out ,
- mewls ,
- put on the weeps ,
- ring the blues ,
- shed bitter tears ,
- shed tears ,
- shedding tears ,
- sheds tears ,
- sigh ,
- squalling ,
- turn on waterworks .
- avid .
- Crackajack ,
- Epicedium ,
- Nobby ,
- ace-high ,
- acrid ,
- all agog ,
- ardent ,
- astute ,
- bang-up ,
- bemoan ,
- bewail ,
- bitter ,
- breathless ,
- bully ,
- bursting to ,
- but good ,
- cordial ,
- coronach ,
- cute ,
- dandy ,
- dead march ,
- death song ,
- deplore ,
- dirge ,
- discerning ,
- dynamic ,
- eager ,
- edged ,
- elegy ,
- energetic ,
- enthusiastic ,
- exquisite ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- fine ,
- fine and dandy ,
- fly ,
- forceful ,
- forcible ,
- forward ,
- funeral march ,
- funeral song ,
- grand ,
- great ,
- hearty ,
- hot ,
- impassioned ,
- incisive ,
- inclement ,
- irritating ,
- jam-up ,
- kayo ,
- kinetic ,
- knifelike ,
- lament ,
- monody ,
- nifty ,
- nipping ,
- nippy ,
- okay ,
- passionate ,
- peachy ,
- penetrating ,
- perceptive ,
- piercing ,
- poignant ,
- pungent ,
- ready ,
- ready and willing ,
- requiem ,
- rough ,
- rum ,
- scathing ,
- scorching ,
- shrewd ,
- shrill ,
- slap-up ,
- smart ,
- snappy ,
- solid ,
- sorrow ,
- splitting ,
- stabbing ,
- stinging ,
- strenuous ,
- swell ,
- thin ,
- threnody ,
- vibrant ,
- vigorous ,
- vivid ,
- weep over ,
- withering ,
- zealous ,
- zestful .
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How to use "Keen" in context?
Keen is an adjective meaning interested in a great degree, keenly aware, or enthusiastic about something. It is often used in the form "keen for." There is also the noun keenness, which is the quality or state of being interested in a great degree. Keenness can be a desirable or a negative attribute.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
eager.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
acute, alive, astute, attentive, bright, careful, committed, concerned, curious, deep, delighted, desire, determined, earnest, enthusiastic, excited, favourable, fierce, fond, great, happy, heated, impassioned, important, intense, intensive, intent, interested, lively, mindful, motivated, perceptive, pleased, prepared, pressing, profound, prone, ready, reluctant, sensitive, severe, sharp, sincere, staunch, strong, unwilling, vehement, vigorous, willing, Desiring, deepest, endeavouring.
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Verb, past tense
Urged.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
anxious, ardent, avid, considerable, fervent, impatient, inclined, passionate.
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Adjective
Homophones for Keen:
- Keane, kiehne, kiene, Keene, keehn, kiehn, kean.
Hyponym for Keen:
n.
v.
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emotion
express emotion, express feelings.
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