Earnest, eager.

Eager, zealous, ardent.

Of a person: full of keen desire or appetite; impatiently longing to do or obtain something. With infinitive expressing the desired action. Keen…

Keen, eager, zealous, earnest.

Ardent, eager; full of violent desire; furiously zealous or active. †Const. for, to, upon, and to with infinitive.

Full of eagerness or spirit; eager, ardent (esp. in deeds of arms). Obsolete.

Earnest in feeling or desire; eager, ardent. Obsolete.

Eager, impetuous.

Conceived in or coming from one's inmost heart; deeply felt, heartfelt; hence, earnest, fervent.

Showing sincere and intense feeling or conviction, serious; = earnest, adj. 1.

Of a person or his or her actions: quick, prompt; eager, vehement.

Zealous.

Earnest, fervent, eager, hearty.

Earnest, ardent, eager. Obsolete.

Of a person, group, etc.: fervently or passionately devoted to a cause, belief, undertaking, etc… With the object towards which zeal is directed…

Eager, ambitious; zealous. Obsolete.

Vehement in feeling, as in wrath, desire, or devotion. Devoted, eager, zealous. Obsolete.

Energetic or thorough in one's actions or desires; zealous, eager, fervent. In early use frequently with for, to.

Earnest, zealous. Obsolete. rare.

Of an action or words: proceeding from or implying intensity of feeling or conviction; serious, lacking humour or levity.

That presses forward; keen, eager. Obsolete. rare.

Ardent, eager, spirited, zealous. ? Obsolete.

Eager, ambitious, earnest. Obsolete.

Not passive.

Full of or inspired by zeal; characterized by passionate enthusiasm; zealous.

Full of spirit, courage, etc.; wholehearted; (of an action) carried out with the greatest possible enthusiasm, commitment, etc.

Of a person: completely devoted or committed; totally sincere.

Of personal, esp. mental, action, etc.: Strained or strenuously directed to some end; intent, eager, earnest, ardent. (Often not distinguished…

Zealous, eager, keen. Esp. with for. Obsolete.

Of actions: Eager.

Wholehearted, entirely devoted.

In similative and proverbial phrases, esp. with reference to the heat or pungency of mustard. hot (also strong) as mustard: very powerful or…

With for, on, †to. Obsolete.

Of persons, their passions, dispositions, or actions: Ardent, intensely earnest. From 17th cent. almost exclusively with reference to love or…

Eager, ardent. Obsolete. rare.

Zealous; demonstrating or characterized by zeal. Cf. over-zealed, adj.

Ready in mind, disposition, or will, esp. for something or to do something; inclined, disposed, willing; eager, keen, prompt.

Zealous, earnest, ‘strong’ as a partisan or opponent. Obsolete except as contextual use of sense 1.

Characterized by, having, or displaying passion or zeal for a cause or principle, or in pursuing an activity or objective; ardent, keen, avid. Of…

Full of or characterized by passion, eagerness, or keen interest; ardent, avid; energetic. Cf. enthusiastic, adj. 3a 3b. Now rare.

= wholehearted, adj. 2.

quasi-adj. Friendly, hearty.

Excitedly effusive; highly enthusiastic, fervent. Frequently in to wax lyrical. colloquial (originally U.S.).

Of the colour of mustard; dark brownish yellow.

A slogan adopted in the war of 1939–1945 by the United States Marines under General E. Carlson (1896–1947); hence as adj.: enthusiastic, eager…