" eager "

1: showing urgent desire or interest;

  * e.g., " ... Tom was eager to try out his new pair of skis "

•  Synonyms : 

•  agog,

•  antsy,

•  anxious,

•  ardent,

•  athirst,

•  avid,

•  bonkers,

•  crazy,

•  desirous,

•  enthused,

•  enthusiastic,

•  excited,

•  gaga,

•  geeked,

•  great,

•  greedy,

•  gung ho,

•  hepped up,

•  hopped-up,

•  hot,

•  hungry,

•  impatient,

•  juiced,

•  keen,

•  nuts,

•  pumped,

•  raring,

•  solicitous,

•  stoked,

•  thirsty,

•  voracious,

•  wild

•  Antonyms : 

•  apathetic,

•  indifferent,

•  uneager,

•  unenthusiastic

1: a person who is very enthusiastic about doing something; a hardworking and eager person;

  * e.g., " ... When she first started working she was a real eager beaver. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achiever,

•  comer,

•  doer,

•  enterpriser,

•  bootstrapper,

•  go-ahead,

•  go-getter,

•  highflier,

•  hummer,

•  hustler,

•  live wire,

•  powerhouse,

•  self-starter,

•  he-man,

•  individualist

•  Antonyms : 

•  dawdler,

•  idler,

•  loafer,

•  lounger,

•  putterer,

•  trifler,

•  goldbrick,

•  malingerer,

•  procrastinator,

•  shirker,

•  slacker,

•  drone,

•  lazybones,

•  sluggard,

•  dallier,

•  laggard,

•  lingerer,

•  loiterer,

•  slowpoke,

•  stick-in-the-mud,

•  ignorer,

•  ne'er-do-well,

•  neglecter,

•  daydreamer,

•  dreamer,

•  dropout,

•  quitter

1: a person who is very enthusiastic about doing something; a hardworking and eager person;

  * e.g., " ... When she first started working she was a real eager beaver. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achievers,

•  comers,

•  doers,

•  enterprisers,

•  bootstrappers,

•  go-aheads,

•  go-getters,

•  highfliers,

•  hummers,

•  hustlers,

•  live wires,

•  powerhouses,

•  self-starters,

•  he-men,

•  individualists

•  Antonyms : 

•  dawdlers,

•  idlers,

•  loafers,

•  loungers,

•  putterers,

•  triflers,

•  goldbricks,

•  malingerers,

•  procrastinators,

•  shirkers,

•  slackers,

•  drones,

•  lazybones,

•  sluggards,

•  dalliers,

•  laggards,

•  lingerers,

•  loiterers,

•  slowpokes,

•  stick-in-the-muds,

•  ignorers,

•  ne'er-do-wells,

•  neglecters,

•  daydreamers,

•  dreamers,

•  dropouts,

•  quitters