keener
Overly zealous person
A keener is someone excessively eager to please or succeed, especially in academic or professional settings—the student who always raises their hand, volunteers for extra work, and angles for the teacher's approval.
The term is mainly Canadian and carries a mildly disparaging tone: Don't be such a keener.
It suggests enthusiasm that others find annoying or obsequious.
Prolonged mournful crying
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
lamenter · wailer · weeper · mourning · funeral · shiva · wake · eulogy
One exceeding all expectations
- teacher's petFavored student
- grindCrush into particles
- nerdBrainy social misfit
- bookwormVoracious reader
studious · eager beaver · brown-noser · valedictorian · perfectionist · striver · try-hard · swot
wailing
Prolonged mournful crying
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
grieving · lamenter · wailer · weeper · mourning · funeral · shiva · wake · eulogy · condolence
overachiever
One exceeding all expectations
- teacher's petFavored student
- grindCrush into particles
- nerdBrainy social misfit
bookworm · studious · eager beaver · brown-noser · valedictorian · perfectionist · striver · try-hard · swot · crammer
enthusiastic
Showing intense eager enjoyment
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- avidIntensely enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
anxious · impatient · excited · ambitious · motivated · passionate · fervent · earnest · gung-ho · yearning
- Overachieversgo-getter, overachiever, striver, perfectionist, valedictorian
- mournersmourner, griever, mourners, grieving parent, grievers
- CanadianaCanadian, Canadian flag, maple syrup, maple leaf, beaver
- funeral rolespallbearer, mourner, officiant, funeral director, eulogist
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- enthusiastsenthusiasts, fans, devotee, enthusiast, buff
- keen edgeFinely honed cutting surface
- keen onEnthusiastic about
- peachy keenExtremely satisfactory, old-fashioned style
- keen sense of smell
- keen mind
- keen sense