Synonyms for impatient

Synonyms for (adj) impatient

Synonyms: impatient, raring

Definition: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness

Usage: impatient to begin; raring to go

Similar words: eager

Definition: having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

Usage: eager to learn; eager to travel abroad; eager for success; eager helpers; an eager look


Synonyms: impatient

Definition: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

Usage: impatient with the slower students; impatient of criticism

Similar words: restive

Definition: impatient especially under restriction or delay

Usage: the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive


Similar words: unforbearing

Definition: unwilling to endure

Usage: she was unforbearing with the slower students


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