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Definition of keenness: The quality or state of being keen.

Synonyms:

asperity, excitement, astuteness, readiness, hardheadedness, sharp-sightedness, eye, nose, acidity, discrimination, ability, acrimony, percipience, desirousness, acidness, ardor, distinctness, foxiness, incisiveness, enthusiasm, acridness, eagerness, sagacity, perceptivity, judgment, clear-sightedness, tartness, poignance, forwardness, intelligence, avidity, sensitiveness, penetration, raciness, poignancy, insight, percipiency, zeal, sensitivity, thirst, acridity, acumen, appetite, delicacy, cleverness, acrimoniousness, avidness, roughness, sting, sageness, visual acuity, lust, sharp, wit, hunger, careful, canniness, bite, perspicacity, shrewdness, impatience, bitterness, discernment, knowingness, caginess, pungency, acuity, perceptiveness

tooth, edge, prick, point, nettle

starkness, stringency, grimness, astringency, leanness, abruptness, oppressiveness, chilliness, correctness, intensity, sharpness, coolness, frostiness, matter-of-factness, sternness, severity, briskness, rigorousness, brusqueness, austerity, crispness, meticulousness, acerbity, discipline, harshness, bleakness, acuteness, dryness, bluntness, strictness, causticity, preciseness, authoritarianism, gruffness