 |
keenness
Overview of noun keenness
The noun keenness has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness -- (a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind")
2. eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness -- (a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something)
3. sharpness, keenness -- (thinness of edge or fineness of point)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun keenness
3 senses of keenness
Sense 1
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
=> intelligence
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness
=> enthusiasm
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sharpness, keenness
=> shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
=> spatial property, spatiality
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun keenness
3 senses of keenness
Sense 1
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
=> steel trap
Sense 2
eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness
=> ardor, ardour, elan, zeal
Sense 3
sharpness, keenness
=> acuteness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun keenness
3 senses of keenness
Sense 1
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
=> intelligence
Sense 2
eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness
=> enthusiasm
Sense 3
sharpness, keenness
=> shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
Antonyms of noun keenness
Member Holonyms of noun keenness
Substance Holonyms of noun keenness
Part Holonyms of noun keenness
Member Meronyms of noun keenness
Substance Meronyms of noun keenness
Part Meronyms of noun keenness
Meronyms of noun keenness
Holonyms of noun keenness
Attributes of noun keenness
1 of 3 senses of keenness
Sense 3
sharpness, keenness
=> sharp (vs. dull)
Derived Forms of noun keenness
2 of 3 senses of keenness
Sense 1
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
RELATED TO>(adj) keen#1
=> acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
Sense 3
sharpness, keenness
RELATED TO>(adj) sharp#2
=> acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike
Domain of noun keenness
Domain Terms of noun keenness
Familiarity of noun keenness
keenness used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun keenness
3 senses of keenness
Sense 1
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
> intelligence
=> brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
=> breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness
=> mind, intellect
=> nonverbal intelligence
=> verbal intelligence
=> mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness
=> nimbleness, mental dexterity
=> brilliance, genius
=> precociousness, precocity
=> acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
=> brightness, cleverness, smartness
=> shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
=> wits, marbles
Sense 2
eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness
> enthusiasm
=> gusto, relish, zest, zestfulness
=> eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness
=> exuberance
=> technophilia
Sense 3
sharpness, keenness
> shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
=> sharpness, keenness
=> dullness, bluntness
=> topography
=> lobularity
=> concavity, concaveness
=> convexity, convexness
=> angularity
=> narrowing
=> curvature, curve
=> roundness
=> straightness
=> crookedness
=> stratification
Meronyms of noun keenness
3 senses of keenness
Holonyms of noun keenness
Grep of noun keenness
keenness
|
|
