Keen

/kiːn/

Synonyms for "keen" (640 found)

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Closest matches (128)

ablaze able absorbing ace-high acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious active acute adroit afire aggressive agile agog

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alacritous alert algid aliveall agogambitious analytic animate animated anxious apt arctic ardent argute asperous astringent astute athirst attentive attic austere avid awake badbang upbang-up bark bawl bellowbelow zerobemoan bewail biting bitterbitterly coldblare blat bleak blubberboiling overbonzer boom boreal boss brainy bray breathe breathless bright brilliant brisk brumal buggy bugs bully burningbursting tobut goodbuzz cackle canny cant caterwaul caustic chant chipper chirp clear clever coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecoo cool cordial corking coronach corroding corrosive covetous crackerjack crafty crazy creak creaky crisp crow

Adjective(12 words)

academic excitementacuteacute observeracute symptomacuter acutest astuter astutest bang-up bully corking cracking

Noun(7 words)

acute ardent astute avid bewail chompingclass enthusiasm

Strong matches (192)

cry cunning cutting dandy dashingdead marchdeath knelldeath songdeep deep-felt deepgoing delicious delirious deplore desirous detailed devastating devoteddevoted todexterous

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dirge discerning discriminating discriminative distinct distressful distressing divinedolorous tiradedouble edgeddouble-edged drastic drawl droll drunk ducky dynamic eagerear piercingear-piercing earnest edged elegize elegyenamored ofenergetic enterprising enthusiastic epicedium escharotic eulogy excessive excited exclaim excruciating exorbitant exquisite extravagant extreme exuberant fab fabulous facetious fast featheredged febrile fervent fervid fevered feverish fierce fiery finefine and dandyfired flaming flushed flutefond offorceful forcible forward freezingfreezing coldfresh frigidfull of lifefull of pepfuneral marchfuneral orationfuneral songfunny furious gasp gay gear gelid giftedgive sorrow wordsglacial glad glorious glowinggo gogo-gograveside orationgreat grieve grievous groan groovy growl gruntgung hohard harsh heartfelt hearty heated heavy hibernal hiemal hiss homefelt hot howl howling humorous humorsome hungryhunky doryhunky-dory hyperboreanice coldice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy immoderate impassioned impatient impetuous incisive inclement inclined indelible ingenious intelligent intemperate intense intent intoxicated irritating itching jam-up jeremiad jesting jocose jocular joking joky joshing

Adjective(20 words)

cutting dandy desperate discriminatingdistinguishing traiteagerer eagerestenthusiastic discussioneuphoricexcited configurationexquisite greatgreat enthusiasmgroovy hungry incisiveintense rivalryinterested itchiest itchy

Noun(7 words)

cutting edgeeager edged enthusiasticfeeling anxiousgimlet incisive

Verb(2 words)

enthused honed

Adjective(1 words)

intelligent

Related words (320)

judicialjust dandykeen-edged keen-witted keening kinetic knell knifelike lament lamentation lilt lively living luminous lusty mad marvelous marvy mean mettlesome

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moan monody mood mordacious mordant mournmuffled drumsmumble murmur mutter neat nice nifty nimblenimble wittednimble-witted nipping nippyno dumbbellnobbynose ticklingnose-ticklingnot born yesterdaynumbing nutty observant ok okayon fireon theon the alerton the ballon the jobout of sightout of this worldoutcry outrageous painful pant pantingpassing bellpassionate peachy peachy-keen penetrating peppery peppy perceptive percipient perfervid perspicacious pert pervading piercing pinching pipe piping piquant plaint planctus poignant pointed profound prompt pungentqui vivequickquick wittedquick-thinking quick-witted rabid rapier-likeraring toraw razor-edged readyready and willingreceptivered hotred-hot reedy repine requiem responsive rigorous ripping roar robust rough rousing rum rumble salt salty sarcastic sardonic scathing scintillating scorching screak screaky scream screech screeching screechy scrumptious searing sensational sensitive set severe sharpsharp eyedsharp-sighted sharp-witted sharpened shrewd shriek shrieking shrieky shrill siberian sibilate sigh singsing the bluesskirl skreigh slap-up sleepless sleety slushy smacking smart smashing snap snappy snarl snort sob solicitous solidsomething elsesorrow sough sour spanking sparkling specific spiffing spiffy spirited splendid splitting sprightly squall squawk squeak squeaking squeaky squeal stabbing steaming steamy steel-trap stingingstone coldstone-cold strenuous strident stringent strong stunning subzero super supercooled swelltake chargetake-charge take-over talented tart terrific thin thirsty threnode threnody thunder tirade tough trenchant trumpet twang two-edged ululant ululate ululation unblinking unconscionable unmistakable unmistaken unnodding unrestrained unsleeping unwinking vehement venomous vibrant vigilant vigorous violent virulent vital vitriolic vivacious vivid wailwail of woewailing wakeful warble warm weepweep overwhimper whimsical whine whining whisper whistle whistlingwide awakewide-awake winterbound winterlike wintery wintry wise withering witty wizard wrawl yammer yap yawp yell yelp yowl zealous zestful zesty zippy

Noun(15 words)

keening lamentlearning enthusiasmmournobserve weekly patternperceptiveready to actrelishing sensitive sharp sharpening sharpy shrewd surffish wanting

Adjective(28 words)

knifelike lancinate lancinating mad neat niftynot badold overeager peachy penetrating penetrative piercingpiercing critiquepoignant scenepointier raring sharpsharp incensesharper

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slap-up smashing stabbingsteady eagernessstrong likingswellunrestrained zealwilling

Verb(3 words)

lament salivating whetted

Adjective(2 words)

penetrating shrewd

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

21 entries

attitudecognitive abilitycoronach dirgeedge qualityexpress emotionexpress feelingsintellectual traitlamentlinguistic actionmental capacityperceptual abilityphysical propertypsychological traitquality requiem

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More specific

17 entries

acute reasoningardent avid eager enthusiasticfuneral lamentkeen sense of hearingkeen sense of sightkeen sense of smellkeeningknife edgelamentingrapid inferencerazor bladesharp bladesharp judgment

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Collocations

13 entries

Gaelic keeningfuneral lamentkeen competitionkeen edgekeen eyekeen interestkeen mindkeen observerkeen sensekeening ritualmourning ritualprofessional mournerwake lament

Inflections

5 entries

keened keener keenest keening keens

Derivations

5 entries

keen-eyed keener keening keenly keenness

similar

4 entries

good intense perceptive sharp

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

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David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.

Source: tatoeba (1907)

A fence between makes love more keen.

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I was keen on classical music in my school days.

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I'm keen on Mary passing the examination.

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