AVIDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does avidness mean? 

• AVIDNESS (noun)
  The noun AVIDNESS has 1 sense:

1. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

  Familiarity information: AVIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVIDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

avidity; avidness; eagerness; keenness

Hypernyms ("avidness" is a kind of...):

enthusiasm (a feeling of excitement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "avidness"):

ardor; ardour; elan; zeal (a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause))

Derivation:

avid (marked by active interest and enthusiasm)