keenness

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: keen=ness

CIDE DICTIONARY

keenness, n. 

 The quality or state of being keen.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

keenness

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

ROGET THESAURUS

keenness

Physical Energy

N energy, physical energy, force, power, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation, strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double- distilled, drastic, escharotic, racy, potent, radioactive, strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect, the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won.

Desire

N desire, wish, fancy, fantasy, want, need, exigency, mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection, propensity, willingness, liking, love, fondness, relish, longing, hankering, inkling, solicitude, anxiety, yearning, coveting, aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition, eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement, breathless impatience, overanxiety, impetuosity, appetite, appetition, appetence, appetency, sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist, thirst, thirstiness, drouth, mouthwatering, itch, itching, prurience, cacoethes, cupidity, lust, concupiscence, edge of appetite, edge of hunger, torment of Tantalus, sweet tooth, lickerish tooth, itching palm, longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye, greed, voracity, passion, rage, furore, mania, manie, inextinguishable desire, dipsomania, kleptomania, lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant, cormorant, desideratum, want, a consummation devoutly to be wished, attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol, whim, whimsy, whimsey, maggot, hobby, hobby-horse, Fortunatus's cap, wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well, desirous, desiring, inclined, partial to, fain, wishful, optative, anxious, wistful, curious, at a loss for, sedulous, solicitous, craving, hungry, sharp-set, peckish, ravening, with an empty stomach, esurient, lickerish, thirsty, athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger, famished, dry, drouthy, hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear, greedy, unsatisfied, unsated, unslaked, unsaturated, eager, avid, keen, burning, fervent, ardent, agog, all agog, breathless, impatient, bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon, mad after, enrage, rabid, dying for, devoured by desire, aspiring, ambitious, vaulting, skyaspiring, high-reaching, desirable, desired, in demand, pleasing, appetizing, appetible, tantalizing, wistfully, fain, Int, would that, would that it were!, O for!, esto perpetual, the wish being father to the thought, sua cuique voluptas, hoc erat in votis, the mouth watering, the fingers itching, aut Caesar aut nullus, Cassius has a lean and hungry look, hungry as the grave, I was born to other things, not what we wish but what we want, such joy ambition finds, the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none, ubi mel ibi apes.