Active
Active adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Usage example: the fish are active today, but we still haven't caught anything
Eager is a synonym for active in property topic. In some cases you can use "Eager" instead an adjective "Active", when it comes to topics like zealous, very involved in activity.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Throughout the series, Ryuk never quite reaches Light's level of active evil, and in fact often serves as comic relief, but his role as an amoral eager observer is never obscured.
Source: The Sociopath / Anime and Manga -
Yangchen was wise and responsible, Kuruk was playful and less eager to interfere with mortal affair, Kyoshi was dead serious and active, and Roku considered his inactiveness his greatest failure.
- Note that between Kirk being shown in the command chair for the first time as a young and eager captain and what could be regarded as the end of his active service (Star Trek VI), there is about a quarter century in William Shatner's life.
Source: Character Aged with the Actor
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Eager and Active. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/eager
Active & Eager. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/eager>.
Eager or Active. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/eager.
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