Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun keenness

3 senses of keenness

Sense 1
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness -- (a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind")
       => intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

Sense 2
eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness -- (a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something)
       => enthusiasm -- (a feeling of excitement)

Sense 3
sharpness, keenness -- (thinness of edge or fineness of point)
       => shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation -- (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes")