Usually means: Eager, enthusiastic, often excessively so.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 21 dictionaries that define the word Keener:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. keener: Merriam-Webster
  2. keener: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. keener: Collins English Dictionary
  4. keener: Vocabulary.com
  5. Keener, keener, keener: Wordnik
  6. keener: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Keener, keener: Wiktionary
  8. Keener, keener: Dictionary.com
  9. keener: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Keener: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Keener: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. keener: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Keener: Rhymezone
  14. Keener: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. keener: FreeDictionary.org
  16. keener: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keener: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keener: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. keener: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. The Keener: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See keen as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (Keener)

▸ noun:  (dated) One who keens at a funeral.
▸ noun:  (informal, chiefly Canada) Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
keeno, greeter, leerer, jeerer, keeker, kicker, queener, pickeerer, querulist, henpecker, more...

Phrases:
Catherine Keener, Brandon Keener, Craig S. Keener, more...

Adjectives:
smart, gaudreault, keen, much, little, cold



▸ Words similar to Keener

▸ Usage examples for Keener

▸ Idioms related to Keener

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Keener

▸ Words that often appear near Keener

▸ Rhymes of Keener

▸ Invented words related to Keener

Similar:
keeno, greeter, leerer, jeerer, keeker, kicker, queener, pickeerer, querulist, henpecker, more...

Phrases:
Catherine Keener, Brandon Keener, Craig S. Keener, more...

Adjectives:
smart, gaudreault, keen, much, little, cold



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Keener" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux