keenness

noun

1 the company has signalled its keenness to sign a deal:

eagerness, willingness, readiness, desire, wish, anxiety, impatience;

enthusiasm, fervour, wholeheartedness, zest, zeal, ardour, passion, devotion, avidity;

earnestness, diligence, assiduity, conscientiousness, intentness.

▷antonyms reluctance.

2 the keenness of the blade:

sharpness, razor-sharpness.

▷antonyms bluntness.

3 keenness of hearing:

acuteness, sharpness, sensitivity, perceptiveness, discrimination, clarity.

4 the keenness of his mind:

acuity, sharpness, subtlety, incisiveness, astuteness, perspicacity, perceptiveness, quick-wittedness, sharp-wittedness, shrewdness, penetration, insight, cleverness, discernment, intelligence, brightness, brilliance, canniness, sagacity.

▷antonyms dullness, obtuseness.

5 the keenness of her wit:

incisiveness, causticity, tartness, sharpness, mordancy, acidity, acerbity, trenchancy, pungency, virulence, sarcasm, sardonicism, satire.

▷antonyms gentleness, insipidity.

6 the keenness of his sense of loss:

intensity, acuteness, extremity, strength, power, violence, profundity, depth, ferocity.

keenness Oxford Dictionary of English