Earnest

Definition:

• (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
• (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
• (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
• (a.) Serious; important.
• (v. t.) To use in earnest.
• (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.
• (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.

Compare earnest with other words:

conscientious vs. earnest

earnest vs. keen

earnest vs. overbearing

earnest vs. promise

appealing vs. earnest

beseechment vs. earnest

earnest vs. engagedly

affectioned vs. earnest

earnest vs. precation

earnest vs. overearnest

earnest vs. humble

content vs. earnest

earnest vs. gravity

earnest vs. naive

blunt vs. earnest

earnest vs. strenuous

earnest vs. sincere

asseverate vs. earnest

businesslike vs. earnest

earnest vs. earnestly

earnest vs. sincerely

earnest vs. ernest

asseveration vs. earnest

earnest vs. longing

earnest vs. smarmy

earnest vs. implore

earnest vs. exhort

earnest vs. preach

earnest vs. oleaginous

earnest vs. unctuous

earnest vs. invocation

earnest vs. entreat

earnest vs. pledge

earnest vs. guarantee

deposit vs. earnest

earnest vs. money

earnest vs. important

earnest vs. weighty

diligent vs. earnest

earnest vs. fervent

earnest vs. heartfelt

earnest vs. sincerity

earnest vs. zealous

earnest vs. obtain

earnest vs. instant

earnest vs. pressing

earnest vs. importunate

earnest vs. urgent

earnest vs. use

earnest vs. earnestful

earnest vs. intentness

eagerness vs. earnest

determination vs. earnest

actuality vs. earnest

earnest vs. reality

earnest vs. earnestness

earnest vs. purpose

devout vs. earnest

ardent vs. earnest

earnest vs. serious

agitation vs. earnest

agitate vs. earnest

affectionate vs. earnest

earnest vs. rhetorical

earnest vs. fell

earnest vs. quarrel

eager vs. earnest

earnest vs. honest