The following answers for “Keen” were pulled from crosswords where this exact clue—or one nearly identical—was used. Each option reflects entries that fit and completed real puzzle grids.
Suggested Answers:
- AGOG
- AVID
- EAGER
- SHARP
- ACUTE
- CUTTING
- ENTHUSIASTIC
- ASTUTE
- WAIL
- REDHOT
- ARDENT
- CRY
- SHREWD
- INTENT
- PEACHY
Synonyms and Definitions
AGOG
- Definition: extremely thrilled
AVID
- Synonyms: devouring, esurient, greedy, zealous
- Definition: (usually preceded by for) passionately or extremely eager
EAGER
- Synonyms: aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore
- Definition: A large (and often hazardous) wave produced by tidal movement, such as when tidal currents collide or in a confined estuary.
SHARP
- Synonyms: abrupt, acuate, acute, astute, crisp, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, precipitous, sharp-worded, shrewd, shrill, tart
ACUTE
- Synonyms: acute accent, ague, intense, sharp
CUTTING
- Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, bleak, bring down, burn, carving, clipping, contract, curve, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cutting off, dilute, disregard, edged, edit, edit out, film editing, foreshorten, geld, hack, ignore, issue, lancinate, lancinating, make out, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, prune, rationalise, rationalize, raw, reduce, sheer, shorten, skip, slew, slip, slue, snub, stabbing, stinging, swerve, switch off, tailor, thin, thin out, thinning, trend, trim, trim back, trim down, turn off, turn out, veer, write out
WAIL
- Synonyms: howl, lament, lamentation, mewl, plaint, pule, roar, ululate, whimper, yaup, yawl
ARDENT
- Synonyms: fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid, warm
- Definition: Marked by strong feelings.
CRY
- Synonyms: battle cry, blazon out, call, call out, cry out, exclaim, holler, hollo, outcry, rallying cry, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, war cry, watchword, weep, yell
SHREWD
- Synonyms: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming
INTENT
- Synonyms: absorbed, aim, captive, design, engrossed, enwrapped, intention, purport, purpose, spirit, wrapped
- Definition: A predicted result that is planned or that directs your intended actions.
PEACHY
- Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy-colored, peachy-coloured, slap-up, smashing, swell
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- AGOG also appears as an answer in Enthusiastic crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 13 letters.
- AGOG also appears as an answer in Frenzied crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 letters.
- AGOG also appears as an answer in Blown away crossword clue 4, 5, 6 and 9 letters.
- AGOG also appears as an answer in Champing at the bit crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 letters.
- AVID also appears as an answer in Passionate crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 letters.