ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Keener

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Keener is an adjective meaning comparative form of keen: more keen.

Meaning

comparative form of keen: more keen.

More Meanings

  1. (now chiefly historical) One who keens at a funeral.
  2. (informal, chiefly Canada) Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mourner, sharper, tougher, keeno, greeter, jeerer.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.