champing at the bit
idiom
variants or chomping at the bit
: waiting in an impatient way to do something
We've all been champing at the bit to get started on the project.
The team was chomping at the bit for their chance to play the defending champions.
champing at the bit
phrase
variants or chomping at the bit
as in gung ho
showing urgent desire or interest By Friday we were champing at the bit to set out on our vacation. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- gung ho
- great
- hepped up
- wild
- hot
- crazy
- nuts
- excited
- hungry
- anxious
- eager
- impatient
- greedy
- thirsty
- juiced
- enthusiastic
- ardent
- antsy
- desirous
- avid
- raring
- athirst
- voracious
- solicitous
- agog
- geeked
- keen
- enthused
- stoked
- hung up
- ready
- happy
- pumped
- interested
- appetent
- hopped-up
- game
- obsessed
- ambitious
- restless
- longing
- breathless
- craving
- glad
- hankering
- unreluctant
- covetous
- pining
- amenable
- restive
- engaged
- disposed
- inclined
- willing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- indifferent
- casual
- unconcerned
- nonchalant
- uninterested
- apathetic
- detached
- disinterested
- aloof
- unenthusiastic
- insouciant
- reluctant
- unwilling
- uneager
- incurious
- impassive
- loath
- lukewarm
- languid
- loathe
- lackadaisical
- stolid
- averse
- hesitant
- spiritless
- halfhearted
- disinclined
- loth
- languorous