keen

/kˈin/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   “an acute observer of politics and politicians”
2. intense or sharp
   “suffered exquisite pain”
3. very good
   “he did a bully job”
4. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
   “a cutting wind”
5. having a sharp cutting edge or point
   “a keen blade”

noun

1. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

verb

1. express grief verbally
   “we lamented the death of the child”

Synonyms for keen

• acute
• discriminating
• incisive
• knifelike
• penetrating
• penetrative
• piercing
• sharp
• perceptive
• exquisite
• intense
• bang-up
• bully
• corking
• cracking
• dandy
• great
• groovy
• neat
• nifty
• not bad
• peachy
• slap-up
• swell
• smashing
• old
• cutting
• stabbing
• lancinate
• lancinating
• lament

Words that rhyme with keen

• clean
• mean
• screen
• green
• queen
• lean
• scene
• machine
• submarine
• marine
• magazine
• bean
• canteen
• dean
• philistine
• routine
• sardine
• tangerine
• unseen
• caesarean
• careen
• gabardine
• guillotine
• intervene
• obscene
• preen
• quarantine
• soybean
• wintergreen
• wolverine