Eager and Pushing

Eager

Eager adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.

Pushing and eager are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pushing" instead an adjective "Eager".

Nearby Words: eagerness, eagerly

Pushing

Pushing adjective - Having a strong desire for personal advancement.
Usage example: among the young associates at the law firm, he was unmistakably the most pushing

Eager and pushing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eager" instead an adjective "Pushing".

Nearby Words: push, pushed, pushy, pusher, pushful

Both words in one sentence

  • Even The Big Show, who was the current champion at the time of the event, was eager to let Heyman's ideas flow (which primarily involved CM Punk being allowed to shine) but McMahon kept pushing his own agenda through the event.
  • Averted in Pushing Daisies where both of the Official Couple are extremely nice albeit flawed people - Chuck (the woman, in case you didn't know) is a lot friendlier and eager to help people, but she can be a little self-centered, reckless and even vengeful in a way that Ned is not.
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