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| Main Entry: |
champ at the bit
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burst with energy |
| Synonyms: | chafe at the bit, feel one's oats, thrive |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
| Synonyms: | be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up, boil over, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | raring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
| Synonyms: | champing at the bit, enthusiastic, itching, keen, longing, ready, willing |
| Antonyms: | reluctant |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prepared; available |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adjusted, all set, all systems go, anticipating, apt, arranged, at beck and call, at fingertips, at hand, at the ready, champing at bit, close to hand, completed, convenient, covered, equal to, equipped, expectant, fit, fixed for, handy, in line, in order, in place, in position, in readiness, in the saddle, near, on call, on hand, on tap, on the brink, open to, organized, primed, qualified, ripe, set, waiting, wired |
| Antonyms: | immature, slow, unavailable, unprepared, unready, unripe, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | athirst |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
| Synonyms: | agog, anxious, ardent, avid, bursting, champing at the bit, desiring, desirous, excited, hungry, impatient, keen, longing, raring, ready and willing, thirsting, thirsty, yearning |
| Main Entry: | thirsting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, bursting, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering*, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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