Synonyms for curious
ˈkyʊər i əscu·ri·ous

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1. curious

   An inquisitive person is one who is bent on finding out all that can be found out by inquiry, especially of little and personal matters, and hence is generally meddlesome and prying. Inquisitive may be used in a good sense, tho in such connection inquiring is to be preferred; as, an inquiring mind. As applied to a state of mind, curious denotes a keen and rather pleasurable desire to know fully something to which one's attention has been called, but without the active tendency that inquisitive implies; a well-bred person may be curious to know, but will not be inquisitive in trying to ascertain, what is of interest in the affairs of another.

   Synonyms:
   inquiring, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, peeping, prying, scrutinizing, searching

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, careless, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested

   Preposition:
   Inquisitive about, concerning, in regard to, regarding trifles.

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1. curious

   Synonyms:
   inquiring, inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, meddling, singular, searching, interrogative, peeping, peering, rare, unique, odd, recondite

   Antonyms:
   indifferent, uninquiring, incurious, uninterested, trite, common, superficial

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1. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective

   beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

   "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

   Synonyms:
   unmatched, remarkable, left(p), unpaired, suspect, risible, rum, peculiar, amusing, odd, mirthful, unique, rummy, laughable, comic, uneven, unexpended, peculiar(a), homophile(a), funny, leftover, gay, remaining, fishy, particular(a), unmated, left over(p), singular, suspicious, special(a), shady, comical

   Antonyms:
   uninquisitive, familiar, uninterested, incurious, uninquiring

2. curiousadjective

   eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)

   "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"

   Synonyms:
   singular, rummy, rum, funny, peculiar, odd

   Antonyms:
   uninquiring, familiar, incurious, uninterested, uninquisitive

3. curiousadjective

   having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more

   "a trap door that made me curious"

   Synonyms:
   singular, rummy, rum, funny, peculiar, odd

   Antonyms:
   familiar, uninterested, uninquisitive, incurious, uninquiring

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. curiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, peering

2. curiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   rare, singular, strange, unusual, unique, extraordinary, queer, out of the way

3. curiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   elegant, neat, nice, finished

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1. curiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   inquisitive, strange, rare, unusual

   Antonyms:
   incurious

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1. List of paraphrases for "curious":

   strange, odd, inquisitive, nosey, curiosity, nosy, peculiar, bizarre, funny, weird, puzzling, intrigued, remarkable, interesting, interested

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How to use curious in a sentence?

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Be curious! Curiosity is the mother of all knowledge.

2. Renee Bruns Bruns:

   I ’m really, really curious about the culture [ of Saudi Arabia ].

3. Katy Hansell:

   The employee enters into this conversation with a curious, teaming objective and may have formulated some ideas about what aspects of their job they would like to carve out and assign to a peer, if it is presented as an opportunity for the employee to devote more of their time and energy into the aspect of their job that they excel at, it becomes a win/win scenario for their boss.

4. Evelyn Waugh:

   It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

5. Robert Coonrod:

   We're looking for a ferret to be outside his hole. We drive down, he gets curious, looks at the lights, you see the green eye shine, and then it's off to the races.