Englisheagerness
noun
they underestimated the eagerness of potential buyers:
keenness, enthusiasm, avidity, fervor, ardor, zest, zeal, passion, wholeheartedness, earnestness, commitment, dedication;
impatience, desire, longing, yearning, wishing, thirst, hunger, greed, voracity, voraciousness, appetite, ambition;
informal yen;
rare appetency, fervency, ardency, passionateness.
▷antonyms apathy, indifference.