avid
Very keen and eager about something you enjoy.
avid in a sentence
- An avid reader, Zara finished three library books every single week.
- An avid stamp collector, Grandpa hunts eagerly through every market for new ones.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to avid?
- Akeen
- Buninterested
- Cbored
- Dunwilling
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A: keen. The other three mean the opposite of avid.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to avid?
- Adevoted
- Beager
- Ckeen
- Duninterested
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D: uninterested. The other three mean nearly the same as avid.
Words that mean something similar
keen, eager, devoted
Words that mean the opposite
uninterested, bored, unwilling
More words about character & personality
- avowed: Openly admitted or declared.
- bashful: Shy and easily embarrassed.
- belligerent: Angry and eager to fight or argue.
- benevolent: Kind and wanting to do good things for other people.
- biased: Unfairly favouring one side over another.
- bravado: A bold show of courage to hide how scared you really are.
- bystander: A person who watches something happen but does not take part.
- callous: Cruel and not caring about other people's feelings.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test