keenness

1 a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness]

2 a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something [syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness]

3 thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: sharpness] [ant: dullness]

English

Noun

1. sharpness or cutting ability
2. astuteness or sagacity

absolute zero, acerbity, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuity, acumen, acumination, acuteness, adroitness, agility, alacrity, alertness, algidity, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aptitude, aptness, asperity, astringency, astuteness, attention, attentiveness, avidity, avidness, bite, bitingness, bitterness, bleakness, braininess, breathless impatience, brightness, brilliance, briskness, causticity, causticness, cheerful readiness, chill, chilliness, clear thinking, cleverness, cold, coldness, cool, coolness, coolth, corrosiveness, crispness, cryogenics, cryology, cuttingness, decrease in temperature, dexterity, discernment, discrimination, eagerness, edge, elan, esprit, facetiousness, fierceness, flair, forwardness, freezing point, freshness, frigidity, frostiness, funniness, gelidity, genius, giftedness, gifts, grip, gust, gusto, harshness, humorousness, iciness, impatience, incisiveness, inclemency, intense cold, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen desire, keen-wittedness, life, liveliness, low temperature, mental alertness, mercurial mind, mordacity, mordancy, mucronation, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nip, nippiness, nous, penetration, percipience, perspicacity, piercingness, piquancy, pleasantry, poignancy, point, pointedness, prickliness, promptitude, promptness, punctuality, pungency, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, rawness, readiness, ready wit, rigor, roughness, saltiness, savvy, severity, sharp air, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, shrewdness, sleeplessness, smartness, smarts, sourness, spinosity, spirit, sprightly wit, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, talent, tartness, teeth, thorniness, trenchancy, vehemence, verve, violence, virulence, vitality, vivacity, wakefulness, wit, wittiness, zest, zestfulness