keenness
n.
sharpness; pungency; cleverness, perceptiveness, astuteness; intenseness; eagerness, enthusiasm
keenness
Noun
1. a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
(synonym) acuteness, acuity, sharpness
(hypernym) intelligence
(hyponym) steel trap
2. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
(synonym) eagerness, avidity, avidness
(hypernym) enthusiasm
(hyponym) ardor, ardour, elan, zeal
3. thinness of edge or fineness of point
(synonym) sharpness
(hypernym) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
(hyponym) acuteness
(attribute) sharp
Keenness
(n.)
The quality or state of being keen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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keenness
n.
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keenness
Synonyms and related words:
absolute zero, acerbity, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuity, acumen, acumination, acuteness, adroitness, agility, alacrity, alertness, algidity, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aptitude, aptness, asperity, astringency, astuteness, attention, attentiveness, avidity, avidness, bite, bitingness, bitterness, bleakness, braininess, breathless impatience, brightness, brilliance, briskness, causticity, causticness, cheerful readiness, chill, chilliness, clear thinking, cleverness, cold, coldness, cool, coolness, coolth, corrosiveness, crispness, cryogenics, cryology, cuttingness, decrease in temperature, dexterity, discernment, discrimination, eagerness, edge, elan, esprit, facetiousness, fierceness, flair, forwardness, freezing point, freshness, frigidity, frostiness, funniness, gelidity, genius, giftedness, gifts, grip, gust, gusto, harshness, humorousness, iciness, impatience, incisiveness, inclemency, intense cold, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen desire, keen-wittedness, life, liveliness, low temperature, mental alertness, mercurial mind, mordacity, mordancy, mucronation, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nip, nippiness, nous, penetration, percipience, perspicacity, piercingness, piquancy, pleasantry, poignancy, point, pointedness, prickliness, promptitude, promptness, punctuality, pungency, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, rawness, readiness, ready wit, rigor, roughness, saltiness, savvy, severity, sharp air, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, shrewdness, sleeplessness, smartness, smarts, sourness, spinosity, spirit, sprightly wit, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, talent, tartness, teeth, thorniness, trenchancy, vehemence, verve, violence, virulence, vitality, vivacity, wakefulness, wit, wittiness, zest, zestfulness
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.