overeager

adjective

over·​ea·​ger ˌō-vər-ˈē-gər 

: excessively eager

an overeager look in her eyes

… overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph …

—Joe Coscarelli

During the Gold Rush, overeager miners actually dug up city streets in search of placer gold deposits.

—Lora J. Finnegan

overeagerly adverb

… its forthright portrait of a needy man, overeagerly pushing for his chance of happiness …

—Mark Shenton

overeagerness noun

What troubles me is the overeagerness to weigh in with the male side of every women's issue …

—Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Examples of overeager in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With their own lieutenants questioning their leadership, other Philly lords eyeing their turf and an overeager FBI agent (Alexandra Ruddy’s Mercer) closing in for an arrest, early episodes in particular lean on the absurdity of the brothers struggling to adjust to their new life. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025

That’s plenty of time for overeager fans to watch, record, and post clips. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025

Ryan Seacrest learned that lesson the hard way Tuesday when an overeager guest accidentally tackled him to the ground. —Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025

Macron has often been overeager to be seen as the personification of the republic. —Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overeager

• eager
• leaguer
• meager
• meagre
• segar