Eager
Crossword Clue & Answers

16 August 2022
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 63 answers for the crossword clue 'Eager', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Eager a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Eager as an answer itself some 226 times.

Eager is a single word clue made up of 5 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Friday, 17 December 2021 with the answer being KEEN, we also found KEEN to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 17 Dec 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 26 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 18 Nov 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 25 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 21 Jul 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 25 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 29 Apr 2021
• USA Today - 25 Mar 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 12 Feb 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 29 Jan 2021

Definitions and usage

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• A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
• Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"

Anagrams

We found 2 anagrams for the word 'Eager'.

• agree Be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"
• eagre A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

HOT
Having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"

HTR

4 Letters

AGOG
Highly excited

AVID
Marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"

BORE
Diameter of a tube or gun barrel

KEEN
A funeral lament sung with loud wailing

WILD
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

5 Letters

AEGIR
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

AGREE
Be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"

ALIVE
Possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

ANTSY
Nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"

BRAVE
People who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"

CRAZY
Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

DRIVE
The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

DYING
The time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

EAGRE
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

FOCAL
Having or localized centrally at a focus; "focal point"; "focal infection"

FRESH
Not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables"

GETUP
A set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"

GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

GUTSY
Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"

HAPPY
Well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words"

ITCHY
Nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"

6 Letters

ARDENT
Characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support"

ASSENT
Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"

FERVID
Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

GRABBY
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

HUNGRY
Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"

RARING
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"

7 Letters

ANXIOUS
Eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"

ATHIRST
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"

EARNEST
Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal

EXCITED
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

FERVENT
Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

GLUTTON
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

INTENSE
(of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"

ITCHING
An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

LONGING
Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

THIRSTY
Feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"

WISHFUL
Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

ZEALOUS
Marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"

8 Letters

ONTIPTOE

STUDIOUS
Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

TIRELESS
Characterized by hard work and perseverance

YEARNING
Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

9 Letters

DEMANDING
Requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

EXPECTANT

HOTTOTROT

IMPATIENT
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"

IMPETUOUS
Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

RARINTOGO

TIDALBORE
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

10 Letters

AVARICIOUS
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

BEAVERLIKE

BREATHLESS
Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"

DISORDERLY
In utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

PASSIONATE
Having or expressing strong emotions

PREHENSILE
Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"

11 Letters

HOT TO TROT

INDUSTRIOUS
Characterized by hard work and perseverance

RESOURCEFUL
Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"

12 Letters

ANTICIPATORY
In anticipation

ENTHUSIASTIC
Having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"