KEENNESS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does keenness mean? 

• KEENNESS (noun)
  The noun KEENNESS has 3 senses:

1. a quick and penetrating intelligence
2. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
3. thinness of edge or fineness of point

  Familiarity information: KEENNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEENNESS (noun)

Meaning:

A quick and penetrating intelligence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

sharpness; keenness; acuteness; acuity

Context examples:

he argued with great acuteness / I admired the keenness of his mind

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

intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

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

steel trap (an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps))

Meaning:

A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

avidity; avidness; eagerness; keenness

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

enthusiasm (a feeling of excitement)

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

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

Meaning:

Thinness of edge or fineness of point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

keenness; sharpness

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

configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))

Attribute:

sharp (having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing)

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

acuteness (the quality of having a sharp edge or point)