What is another word for curious?
2276 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kjˈʊɹɪəs], [ kjˈʊɹɪəs], [ k_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]
Curious is an intriguing word that describes a person's enthusiasm to learn and explore new things. Although this word is commonly used in everyday language, there are numerous synonyms that can replace it in writing or conversation. Some of these alternatives include inquisitive, intrigued, interested, fascinated, eager, nosy, probing, interrogative, and questioning. These words capture the essence of curiosity and its various shades of meaning. Inquisitive suggests intense curiosity, probing connotes digging deep for answers, and interrogative indicates a questioning approach. Using these synonyms can help to add variety and depth to writing and communication, while also conveying engaging ideas.
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Similar words for curious:
- curious (adjective)
- different (adjective)
- interesting (adjective)
- nonconforming (adjective)
- ridiculous (adjective)
- searching (adjective)
- unusual (adjective)
- abnormal (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bizarre (adjective)
- busy (adjective)
- eccentric (adjective)
- exotic (adjective)
- extraordinary (adjective)
- fanciful (adjective)
- funny (adjective)
- interrogative (adjective)
- meddlesome (adjective)
- mysterious (adjective)
- odd/oddball (adjective)
- off the wall (adjective)
- outlandish (adjective)
- peculiar (adjective)
- prying (adjective)
- quaint (adjective)
- queer (adjective)
- remarkable (adjective)
- singular (adjective)
- strange (adjective)
- uncommon (adjective)
- unfamiliar (adjective)
- unordinary (adjective)
- unwonted (adjective)
- weird (adjective)
- whimsical (adjective)
- wondering (adjective)
Synonyms for Curious:
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adj.
• curious- Eavesdropping ,
- Peering ,
- agape ,
- agog ,
- fascinated ,
- inquisitive ,
- investigative ,
- overcurious ,
- peeking ,
- poking ,
- questioning ,
- snoopy .
- aberrant ,
- anomalous ,
- atypical ,
- crazy ,
- crosspatch ,
- deranged ,
- deviant ,
- different ,
- divergent ,
- erratic ,
- exceptional ,
- fey ,
- freakish ,
- idiosyncratic ,
- improper ,
- incompatible ,
- incongruous ,
- inconsistent ,
- irregular ,
- misfit ,
- mismatch ,
- nonconforming ,
- novel ,
- odd ,
- oddball ,
- off ,
- out of the ordinary ,
- quirky ,
- singular ,
- unconventional ,
- unfamiliar ,
- unique ,
- untypical .
- absurd ,
- comical ,
- dubious ,
- farcical ,
- foolish ,
- grotesque ,
- incredible ,
- laughable ,
- ludicrous ,
- nonsensical ,
- outrageous ,
- poppycock ,
- preposterous ,
- ridiculous ,
- silly .
- Heteroclite ,
- Heteromorphic ,
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- gross ,
- hetero clite ,
- hetero-clite ,
- more curious ,
- more deviate ,
- more heteroclite ,
- more heteromorphic ,
- more off base ,
- more off-base ,
- more offbase ,
- more spastic ,
- most deviate ,
- most heteroclite ,
- most heteromorphic ,
- most off base ,
- most off-base ,
- most offbase ,
- most spastic ,
- off base ,
- off color ,
- offbase ,
- offcolor ,
- out line ,
- un expected ,
- un natural ,
- un orthodox ,
- un-expected ,
- un-natural ,
- un-orthodox .
- extra-ordinary ,
- fabber ,
- fabbest ,
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- out of ordinary ,
- out ordinary ,
- out standing ,
- out the ordinary ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un imaginable ,
- un thinkable ,
- un-imaginable ,
- un-thinkable ,
- unheardof .
- castles air ,
- castles the air ,
- fictional ,
- more fabulous ,
- more fairy tale ,
- more fairy-tale ,
- more fairytale ,
- more fancied ,
- most fairy tale ,
- most fairy-tale ,
- most fairytale ,
- most fancied ,
- notional ,
- pie in sky ,
- pie sky ,
- pie the sky ,
- un-real .
- Interrupting ,
- impeding ,
- inter meddling ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-meddling ,
- inter-posing ,
- more busybody ,
- more chiseling ,
- more encumbering ,
- more hindering ,
- more impeding ,
- more intermeddling ,
- more interposing ,
- more interrupting ,
- more intruding ,
- more kibitzing ,
- more obstructive ,
- more snooping ,
- more tampering ,
- most busybody ,
- most chiseling ,
- most encumbering ,
- most hindering ,
- most impeding ,
- most intermeddling ,
- most interposing ,
- most interrupting ,
- most intruding ,
- most kibitzing ,
- most obstructive ,
- most snooping ,
- most tampering .
- in comprehensible ,
- in explicable ,
- in scrutable ,
- in soluble ,
- in-explicable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- in-soluble ,
- magical ,
- more alchemistic ,
- more astrological ,
- more necromantic ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more transcendental ,
- more unknowable ,
- most alchemistic ,
- most astrological ,
- most necromantic ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most unknowable ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un fathomable ,
- un knowable ,
- un known ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-knowable ,
- un-known .
- avantgarde ,
- more character ,
- more oddball ,
- more off the wall ,
- more off-the-wall ,
- more weirdo ,
- most character ,
- most off the wall ,
- most off-the-wall ,
- most weirdo ,
- oddest .
- Non-conforming ,
- more schizo ,
- more schizoid ,
- most schizo ,
- most schizoid ,
- non conforming ,
- off the wall ,
- off wall .
- more old world ,
- more old-world ,
- more oldworld ,
- most old world ,
- most old-world ,
- most oldworld ,
- old-world ,
- oldworld .
- gilt edged ,
- more arrestive ,
- more gilt edged ,
- more gilt-edged ,
- more giltedged ,
- more primo ,
- more smashing ,
- most arrestive ,
- most gilt edged ,
- most gilt-edged ,
- most giltedged ,
- most primo ,
- most smashing ,
- pre eminent .
- in experienced ,
- in-experienced ,
- un accountable ,
- un accustomed ,
- un seasoned ,
- un-accustomed ,
- un-seasoned .
- few ,
- in frequent ,
- in-frequent ,
- more seldom ,
- most seldom ,
- out of way ,
- out the way ,
- out way ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-commonest .
- more uninvestigated ,
- most uninvestigated ,
- re-mote ,
- un explored ,
- un familiar ,
- un investigated ,
- un-explored ,
- un-familiar ,
- un-investigated .
Other synonyms:
- appealing ,
- beatific ,
- black ,
- bleak ,
- brooding ,
- bug-eyed ,
- dark ,
- darkly ,
- deadpan ,
- doleful ,
- downcast ,
- dreamy ,
- enquiring ,
- etched ,
- expressionless ,
- faint ,
- glowering ,
- grave ,
- haunted ,
- hunted ,
- inquisitorial ,
- kooky ,
- meaningful ,
- mild ,
- mischievous ,
- mobile ,
- pained ,
- pitying ,
- pleading ,
- pleadingly ,
- quizzical ,
- roguish ,
- shamefaced ,
- slack-jawed ,
- smiley ,
- straight-faced ,
- sullen ,
- taut ,
- thoughtful ,
- tight-lipped ,
- unblinking ,
- unreadable ,
- wan ,
- wanly ,
- wide-eyed ,
- wild-eyed ,
- withering ,
- wolfish ,
- worried ,
- wry .
- usual .
- screwball .
Other relevant words:
- 144 ,
- absentminded ,
- abstracted ,
- activated ,
- actual ,
- actually ,
- acute ,
- add together ,
- add up ,
- addict ,
- adhd ,
- admiration ,
- advertent ,
- aegir ,
- aesthetical ,
- affect ,
- affected ,
- affectionate ,
- african-american ,
- agape love ,
- airheaded ,
- airless ,
- alchemistical ,
- alfresco ,
- alienate ,
- alike ,
- all ,
- all right ,
- alone ,
- alright ,
- altogether ,
- amercement ,
- amiss ,
- amusive ,
- analytic ,
- and so ,
- angelic ,
- angelical ,
- angry ,
- annihilating ,
- annihilative ,
- anomalousness ,
- anomaly ,
- anotherness ,
- anserine ,
- antagonistic ,
- antic ,
- anticipant ,
- anticipative ,
- antiphonal ,
- antsy ,
- append ,
- apprehensive ,
- arch ,
- archetype ,
- argus-eyed ,
- around the bend ,
- aroused ,
- arrant ,
- ascribe ,
- aspirant ,
- aspiring ,
- assiduous ,
- assign ,
- assumed ,
- at a loss ,
- atrocious ,
- atrophy ,
- attendant ,
- attender ,
- attention deficit disorder ,
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,
- attentiveness ,
- attribute ,
- austere ,
- average ,
- avid ,
- avidity ,
- avidness ,
- aware ,
- away ,
- awry ,
- bad ,
- bad-tempered ,
- baffle ,
- balmy ,
- bang-up ,
- bangle ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- bare ,
- barely ,
- barren ,
- baseless ,
- bats ,
- batty ,
- bauble ,
- beak ,
- beaming ,
- beamy ,
- bear in mind ,
- bear on ,
- bended ,
- benighted ,
- bent grass ,
- bent on ,
- bent-grass ,
- beseeching ,
- beseechingly ,
- besotted ,
- bespeak ,
- bestow ,
- betoken ,
- beware ,
- bid ,
- big ,
- bilk ,
- bit ,
- bivouac ,
- black-market ,
- blacken ,
- blackened ,
- blackguardly ,
- blackness ,
- blind drunk ,
- blinker ,
- blotto ,
- blue ,
- blue air ,
- boast ,
- bonkers ,
- booked ,
- bootleg ,
- bore ,
- brain ,
- brainsick ,
- brave ,
- braw ,
- bric-a-brac ,
- bring ,
- broody ,
- brutal ,
- buggy ,
- bully ,
- bump off ,
- business ,
- business concern ,
- business organization ,
- busybodied ,
- but ,
- bygone ,
- bypast ,
- byzantine ,
- calamitous ,
- caliber ,
- calibre ,
- camp down ,
- camp out ,
- campy ,
- cancelled ,
- cantankerous ,
- cantonment ,
- capricious ,
- captive ,
- care ,
- careworn ,
- case-by-case ,
- caseful ,
- casing ,
- catching ,
- catechetic ,
- causa ,
- cause ,
- ceaseless ,
- celebrate ,
- celebrated ,
- challenging ,
- changeless ,
- character reference ,
- characterless ,
- charismatic ,
- charming ,
- chatty ,
- cheery ,
- cheeseparing ,
- cherished ,
- childlike ,
- chimeral ,
- chimerical ,
- chip ,
- chiseled ,
- choice ,
- churl ,
- claim ,
- classifiable ,
- clear ,
- clique ,
- close down ,
- close up ,
- close-fitting ,
- closelipped ,
- closely ,
- closemouthed ,
- closing ,
- closing curtain ,
- coarse ,
- cock-and-bull story ,
- cockeyed ,
- come out ,
- come out of the closet ,
- come to ,
- come together ,
- comedian ,
- common ,
- complete ,
- compliments ,
- compositor's case ,
- conceptional ,
- concern ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- confining ,
- congregation ,
- conk ,
- conservative ,
- consider ,
- constant quantity ,
- consummate ,
- contact ,
- contemplative ,
- contraband ,
- contradictory ,
- contrastive ,
- contribute ,
- convoluted ,
- convulsive ,
- cook ,
- cool ,
- corking ,
- coterie ,
- courteous ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- cracked ,
- crackers ,
- cracking ,
- crackpot ,
- crank ,
- crazed ,
- creative thinker ,
- creep ,
- crisp ,
- crocked ,
- cross ,
- crotchet ,
- crowbar ,
- crude ,
- cruel ,
- crumpled ,
- crying ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- curio ,
- curiosity ,
- curiousness ,
- cute ,
- cutter ,
- cutting ,
- daft ,
- dainty ,
- damage ,
- dandy ,
- dangerous ,
- darkness ,
- dead ,
- dead reckoning ,
- dead set ,
- deceitful ,
- decent ,
- decided ,
- decipherable ,
- decisive ,
- deep ,
- defendant ,
- deferent ,
- deferential ,
- degenerate ,
- deliberate ,
- delicately ,
- delirious ,
- delusion ,
- delusive ,
- demand ,
- demented ,
- dented ,
- depart ,
- departed ,
- depressed ,
- derisory ,
- desire to know ,
- desolate ,
- detail ,
- detection ,
- devastating ,
- device characteristic ,
- devilish ,
- devouring ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- differentness ,
- dim ,
- dimension ,
- dingy ,
- disastrous ,
- disconsolate ,
- discreet ,
- discrepant ,
- discrete ,
- discriminating ,
- diseased ,
- disgraceful ,
- dismal ,
- dispatch ,
- dispirited ,
- display case ,
- disposed ,
- disquieted ,
- dissimilitude ,
- distinctive feature ,
- distinctiveness ,
- distinguishable ,
- distinguishing characteristic ,
- distressed ,
- distrust ,
- disturbed ,
- diverge ,
- diverging ,
- divert ,
- diverting ,
- dizzy ,
- dopey ,
- dopy ,
- dotty ,
- double-dyed ,
- doubtful ,
- doubting ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- dramatic ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- drunk ,
- drunkard ,
- dry out ,
- dubitable ,
- dying ,
- eagerness ,
- eagre ,
- earthy ,
- eccentric person ,
- eccentricity ,
- edacious ,
- eeriness ,
- effulgent ,
- egregious ,
- eldritch ,
- elfin ,
- elusive ,
- emotional ,
- empty-headed ,
- encamp ,
- encampment ,
- encase ,
- enceinte ,
- end ,
- endanger ,
- ending ,
- engrave ,
- engraved ,
- enquire ,
- enquiry ,
- entrant ,
- entreatingly ,
- enwrapped ,
- equitable ,
- erratum ,
- espial ,
- esteem ,
- esthetic ,
- esthetical ,
- event ,
- everlasting ,
- exactly ,
- examination ,
- example ,
- exceeding ,
- excessive ,
- exchangeable ,
- exclusively ,
- excursionist ,
- exhibitionist ,
- exigent ,
- exit ,
- exorbitant ,
- exoticism ,
- exoticness ,
- exotism ,
- explorative ,
- expose ,
- exquisite ,
- exquisitely ,
- exterior ,
- external ,
- extinct ,
- extortionate ,
- extra ,
- extraneous ,
- extraterrestrial ,
- extraterrestrial being ,
- extremely ,
- exuberant ,
- fabricated ,
- fabulous ,
- face ,
- fag ,
- faggot ,
- fagot ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- fair ,
- fairy ,
- fairy story ,
- fairy tale ,
- faithlessly ,
- fake ,
- fallal ,
- famous ,
- fancied ,
- fantastical ,
- far-famed ,
- fastidious ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- faulty ,
- faux ,
- fear ,
- featherbrained ,
- feature ,
- feature article ,
- feature film ,
- feature of speech ,
- feeble ,
- fell ,
- festal ,
- festive ,
- fetid ,
- fiber ,
- fibre ,
- fickle ,
- fictional character ,
- fictitious ,
- fictitious character ,
- fictive ,
- fidgety ,
- fill up ,
- finale ,
- finely ,
- finespun ,
- finical ,
- finicky ,
- finis ,
- finish ,
- fishily ,
- fix ,
- flagitious ,
- flagrant ,
- flake off ,
- flakey ,
- fleck ,
- fledgeling ,
- fledgling ,
- fluid ,
- fly ,
- foetid ,
- foil ,
- fold ,
- fond ,
- font ,
- forbidden ,
- foregone ,
- foreignness ,
- forth ,
- forwardness ,
- foul ,
- foul-smelling ,
- fount ,
- fractious ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- frantic ,
- fraudulent ,
- freak ,
- freak out ,
- fresh ,
- freshman ,
- freshness ,
- fretful ,
- frizzly ,
- frizzy ,
- frozen ,
- fruitcake ,
- fruity ,
- frustrate ,
- fuddled ,
- funny remark ,
- funny story ,
- furious ,
- gaga ,
- gaud ,
- gawk ,
- gawp ,
- gayness ,
- gaze ,
- gear up ,
- genuine ,
- genuinely ,
- gewgaw ,
- ghostliness ,
- giddy ,
- gladly ,
- glaring ,
- glassed ,
- glassy ,
- gloomy ,
- glum ,
- godforsaken ,
- goggle ,
- goggle-eyed ,
- gone ,
- good ,
- good story ,
- goofy ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- gracious ,
- grammatical case ,
- grand ,
- graph ,
- grapheme ,
- graphic ,
- graphic symbol ,
- grave accent ,
- graven ,
- gravid ,
- great ,
- greedy ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- groovy ,
- gross out ,
- grouch ,
- grouchy ,
- groundless ,
- grump ,
- grumpy ,
- guerilla ,
- guerrilla ,
- guess ,
- guesswork ,
- guiding light ,
- guilty ,
- guinea pig ,
- haggard ,
- half-baked ,
- half-crazed ,
- hallucination ,
- hang ,
- hangdog ,
- hard ,
- hard-and-fast ,
- hardly ,
- have ,
- have to do with ,
- haywire ,
- hazardous ,
- head ,
- head game ,
- headache ,
- heavy ,
- heed ,
- hence ,
- hideous ,
- high-risk ,
- hindering ,
- hitting ,
- homo ,
- homoeroticism ,
- homophile ,
- homosexual ,
- homosexualism ,
- homosexuality ,
- honker ,
- hooey ,
- hooter ,
- horn in ,
- horny ,
- horrid ,
- horrific ,
- howling ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hyperkinetic syndrome ,
- hypnotised ,
- hypnotized ,
- idea ,
- ideational ,
- identical ,
- idiotic ,
- idle ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-scented ,
- ill-sorted ,
- ill-tempered ,
- ill-timed ,
- illusion ,
- illustrious ,
- imaginary ,
- imitation ,
- immaterial ,
- impart ,
- impassive ,
- impinging ,
- impish ,
- implicated ,
- implike ,
- imploring ,
- imploringly ,
- importunately ,
- imposing ,
- improbability ,
- improbable ,
- improbableness ,
- impudent ,
- impulsive ,
- impute ,
- in darkness ,
- in question ,
- in truth ,
- in use ,
- inappropriate ,
- incessant ,
- incised ,
- incisive ,
- incomprehensible ,
- incorrectly ,
- incubation ,
- indecipherable ,
- indeed ,
- indicate ,
- indissoluble ,
- inebriate ,
- inerrable ,
- inerrant ,
- inflexible ,
- infrequency ,
- inglorious ,
- ingroup ,
- injured ,
- inner circle ,
- inordinately ,
- inquire ,
- inquiring ,
- inquiringness ,
- inquiry ,
- inquisitiveness ,
- inscribe ,
- inscribed ,
- inscrutable ,
- insolvable ,
- instance ,
- insurgent ,
- intellect ,
- intent ,
- interchangeable ,
- interest ,
- interest group ,
- interested ,
- interestingness ,
- intermeshed ,
- international ,
- interrogation ,
- interrogative mood ,
- interrogative sentence ,
- interrogatively ,
- intrude ,
- intrusiveness ,
- invariable ,
- invariant ,
- investigating ,
- investigation ,
- investigatory ,
- involve ,
- involvement ,
- ironic ,
- ironical ,
- irreverent ,
- irritable ,
- issue ,
- item ,
- item-by-item ,
- jab ,
- jabbing ,
- jerky ,
- jimmy ,
- jocund ,
- jolly ,
- joseph black ,
- jovial ,
- judgement ,
- judgment ,
- juiceless ,
- junkie ,
- junky ,
- just now ,
- kayoed ,
- keenness ,
- knack ,
- knickknack ,
- knickknackery ,
- knifelike ,
- knocked out ,
- knockout ,
- knotty ,
- ko'd ,
- lackadaisical ,
- lacking ,
- lament ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- large ,
- last ,
- lawsuit ,
- leading light ,
- leery ,
- left ,
- left over ,
- legal injury ,
- legal tender ,
- lend ,
- lever ,
- lief ,
- life-threatening ,
- lifelike ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- lightlessness ,
- likable ,
- like ,
- likeable ,
- limited ,
- lineament ,
- lionise ,
- listen ,
- literal error ,
- loaded ,
- loco ,
- look into ,
- looney ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- lopsided ,
- love feast ,
- lovesome ,
- low ,
- low density ,
- low-down ,
- low-spirited ,
- lowering ,
- lubricious ,
- luminary ,
- lust for learning ,
- lustful ,
- mad ,
- magic ,
- magisterial ,
- magnetised ,
- magnetized ,
- make ,
- marvel ,
- master ,
- master copy ,
- matchless ,
- matter to ,
- maverick ,
- mbd ,
- measured ,
- meddlesome ,
- meddlesomeness ,
- meditative ,
- meek ,
- megascopic ,
- melanise ,
- melanize ,
- mental acquisitiveness ,
- mercurial ,
- merely ,
- merry ,
- meshed ,
- mesmerised ,
- mesmerized ,
- mind ,
- minimal brain damage ,
- minimal brain dysfunction ,
- miraculous ,
- mired ,
- misguided ,
- mismatched ,
- mismated ,
- misprint ,
- missing ,
- mistrust ,
- mistrustful ,
- mobile river ,
- mocking ,
- modest ,
- monster ,
- monstrosity ,
- monstrously ,
- moody ,
- moony ,
- mordant ,
- morose ,
- mortal ,
- mournful ,
- mulct ,
- murder ,
- musing ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- nameless ,
- nance ,
- nappy ,
- natural state ,
- near ,
- neat ,
- necromantical ,
- negro ,
- negroid ,
- neophyte ,
- nervous ,
- nettlesome ,
- never-ending ,
- new ,
- newbie ,
- newsy ,
- nicknack ,
- nifty ,
- nigh ,
- night ,
- nighttime ,
- noisome ,
- nomadic ,
- noncitizen ,
- nonconcentric ,
- nonconformist ,
- nonindulgent ,
- nonnatural ,
- nonpareil ,
- nonplused ,
- nonplussed ,
- nonsense ,
- nosey-parker ,
- nosiness ,
- nosy ,
- nosy-parker ,
- not bad ,
- notability ,
- notably ,
- noted ,
- nous ,
- novelty ,
- nozzle ,
- numerical ,
- nut ,
- nut case ,
- nutcase ,
- nutlike ,
- nuzzle ,
- obscure ,
- obsessed ,
- occult ,
- occupied ,
- occupy ,
- oddity ,
- oddment ,
- oddness ,
- off the beaten path ,
- off-key ,
- offended ,
- offer ,
- officiousness ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old ,
- old-time ,
- olfactory organ ,
- olympian ,
- on time ,
- one ,
- one and only ,
- oneness ,
- only ,
- opprobrious ,
- optative mood ,
- oracular ,
- ordinary bicycle ,
- ornery ,
- orphic ,
- orthogonal ,
- otherworldly ,
- out of doors ,
- out of fashion ,
- out of the blue ,
- out of the way ,
- out of this world ,
- out or keeping ,
- out to ,
- out-of-door ,
- outdoor ,
- outdoors ,
- outlander ,
- outlet ,
- over-the-top ,
- overbold ,
- overnice ,
- overtone ,
- overweening ,
- owing ,
- pack ,
- painstaking ,
- pale ,
- pallid ,
- pansy ,
- part ,
- partial derivative ,
- partial tone ,
- particular proposition ,
- particularly ,
- pass out ,
- pastime ,
- pathetic ,
- pathologic ,
- pathological ,
- paying attention ,
- peachy ,
- peculiarity ,
- peel ,
- peel off ,
- peerless ,
- peevish ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- penny-pinching ,
- pensive ,
- pensiveness ,
- peregrine falcon ,
- perfect ,
- perfectly ,
- peril ,
- perpetual ,
- person ,
- persona ,
- pert ,
- pertain ,
- pervert ,
- perverted ,
- pettish ,
- petulant ,
- phenomenon ,
- picky ,
- pictural ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piercing ,
- pillow slip ,
- pillowcase ,
- pilot ,
- pinnace ,
- pissed ,
- pitch blackness ,
- pitch-black ,
- pitch-dark ,
- planetary ,
- plastered ,
- point ,
- poke ,
- poker-faced ,
- polish off ,
- pondering ,
- poof ,
- poove ,
- popeyed ,
- porcine ,
- pouf ,
- prankish ,
- preciously ,
- precisely ,
- predatory ,
- preoccupied ,
- prepare ,
- prepared ,
- pretended ,
- prig ,
- prime ,
- prise ,
- prissy ,
- private ,
- prize ,
- probe ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prodigal ,
- prodigious ,
- profligate ,
- prohibited ,
- prohibitionist ,
- properly ,
- property ,
- proscribed ,
- pry ,
- pry bar ,
- prying ,
- psyche ,
- psychotic belief ,
- punch-drunk ,
- pure ,
- pursuit ,
- put on ,
- quality ,
- queasy ,
- queen ,
- queerness ,
- query ,
- question ,
- quick ,
- quicksilver ,
- quirk ,
- quirkiness ,
- quixotic ,
- raddled ,
- raging ,
- rampantly ,
- randy ,
- rank ,
- rapacious ,
- raptorial ,
- rarefied ,
- rareness ,
- rarified ,
- rarity ,
- rascally ,
- rather ,
- rattling ,
- ravenous ,
- raving mad ,
- raw ,
- reactive ,
- readiness ,
- real ,
- receipts ,
- reckon ,
- refer ,
- reference ,
- reflective ,
- refreshing ,
- refugee camp ,
- refulgent ,
- regard ,
- relate ,
- remarkably ,
- remnant ,
- remote ,
- remove ,
- renowned ,
- research ,
- respect ,
- revenue ,
- right ,
- risky ,
- role ,
- romantic ,
- rough-cut ,
- roughshod ,
- round the bend ,
- round-eyed ,
- roving ,
- rubbernecker ,
- ruminative ,
- ruttish ,
- sainted ,
- saintlike ,
- saintly ,
- sake ,
- salacious ,
- sassy ,
- saturnine ,
- saucy ,
- savage ,
- scarcely ,
- scatty ,
- scent ,
- sceptical ,
- schizophrenic ,
- schizotypal personality ,
- schnoz ,
- schnozzle ,
- scotch ,
- scoundrelly ,
- scrap ,
- scratch ,
- scratchy ,
- screw-loose ,
- sculpt ,
- sculpture ,
- scupper ,
- sealed ,
- second ,
- secret ,
- secretive ,
- sedate ,
- see ,
- seeable ,
- select ,
- selfsame ,
- sensitive ,
- serious ,
- serious-minded ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- set-aside ,
- shadow ,
- shadowed ,
- shadowy ,
- sham ,
- shamed ,
- shameful ,
- sharp ,
- sheath ,
- sheepish ,
- shell ,
- shiny ,
- ship's boat ,
- shot ,
- showcase ,
- shut ,
- shut down ,
- sick ,
- sightseer ,
- sign ,
- signaling ,
- signalise ,
- signalize ,
- simple ,
- simply ,
- simulated ,
- sinful ,
- single ,
- singleness ,
- singular form ,
- singularity ,
- sinister ,
- skeptical ,
- skew-whiff ,
- skillful ,
- skinny ,
- slap-up ,
- slaphappy ,
- slay ,
- slip ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- smart ,
- smashed ,
- smashing ,
- smelly ,
- smuggled ,
- smutty ,
- snob ,
- snoopiness ,
- snot ,
- snout ,
- snowflake ,
- snug ,
- soaked ,
- sober ,
- sodding ,
- soft ,
- softheaded ,
- soh ,
- sol ,
- solely ,
- solemn ,
- somebody ,
- someone ,
- song and dance ,
- sorcerous ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- sot ,
- soul ,
- sour ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- spacey ,
- spacy ,
- spartan ,
- spasmodic ,
- specialised ,
- speciality ,
- specially ,
- specialness ,
- specialty ,
- spectacular ,
- spell-bound ,
- spellbound ,
- spendthrift ,
- spiritual ,
- spoil ,
- spook ,
- sport ,
- spotting ,
- spotty ,
- squeamish ,
- squiffy ,
- stabbing ,
- stake ,
- stamp ,
- standardised ,
- standardized ,
- staring ,
- stark ,
- starter ,
- starved ,
- state of nature ,
- steamy ,
- steep ,
- stern ,
- stiff ,
- stinking ,
- stirred ,
- stirred up ,
- stopping point ,
- straightforwardness ,
- strangeness ,
- stringent ,
- stuff ,
- stuff and nonsense ,
- stuffy ,
- stunned ,
- subject ,
- suit ,
- sum ,
- sum up ,
- summate ,
- summer camp ,
- sunny ,
- supply ,
- supply ship ,
- sure ,
- surmise ,
- surpassing ,
- swell ,
- swoon ,
- swooning ,
- sympathetic ,
- syncope ,
- taboo ,
- tabu ,
- take ,
- take care ,
- taken up ,
- tall ,
- tally ,
- tangled ,
- teased ,
- teasing ,
- techy ,
- teetotal ,
- temperamental ,
- tempestuous ,
- temporary ,
- tenderise ,
- tenderize ,
- tent ,
- tenuity ,
- terra incognita ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- the absurd ,
- theatrical role ,
- then ,
- thence ,
- therefore ,
- thinker ,
- thirst for knowledge ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- threatening ,
- thrifty ,
- thrust ,
- thrusting ,
- thus ,
- thusly ,
- thwart ,
- ticket ,
- ticklish ,
- tidal bore ,
- tight ,
- tightlipped ,
- timber ,
- timbre ,
- timid ,
- tippy ,
- tomb ,
- tone ,
- tortuous ,
- tot ,
- tot up ,
- total ,
- total darkness ,
- totally ,
- tote up ,
- touch ,
- touch on ,
- touched ,
- touchy ,
- tough ,
- trait ,
- traitorously ,
- transcendental ,
- transfixed ,
- treacherously ,
- treasonably ,
- treasured ,
- tremendous ,
- trenchant ,
- trig ,
- trim ,
- trinket ,
- tripper ,
- truly ,
- turned ,
- typecast ,
- typeface ,
- typesetter's case ,
- typewrite ,
- typical ,
- typo ,
- typographical error ,
- umbrageous ,
- unadulterated ,
- unaired ,
- unbalanced ,
- unbelievable ,
- unbending ,
- unceasing ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- unclear ,
- unco ,
- uncoerced ,
- uncomparable ,
- uncongenial ,
- unconscionable ,
- undecipherable ,
- undercover work ,
- undischarged ,
- uneasy ,
- unequaled ,
- unequalled ,
- unexpended ,
- unexplainable ,
- unexpressive ,
- unfamiliarity ,
- unfitting ,
- unflinching ,
- unforced ,
- unforeseen ,
- unfounded ,
- unhinged ,
- unidentified ,
- unintimidated ,
- uniqueness ,
- unity ,
- unknown quantity ,
- unknown region ,
- unlawful ,
- unlikeness ,
- unlooked-for ,
- unmatchable ,
- unnamed ,
- unpredictable ,
- unquiet ,
- unremitting ,
- unresolvable ,
- unrestrained ,
- unrivaled ,
- unrivalled ,
- unseasonable ,
- unseen ,
- unshrinking ,
- unsoluble ,
- unsound ,
- unstylish ,
- unsuited ,
- unsung ,
- untamed ,
- untimely ,
- untoughened ,
- untrue ,
- untrusting ,
- unusual person ,
- unvarying ,
- unwarranted ,
- upbeat ,
- upright ,
- upset ,
- usurious ,
- utter ,
- utterly ,
- vague ,
- valued ,
- vary ,
- verboten ,
- very well ,
- vexation ,
- vicious ,
- view ,
- violent ,
- vital ,
- vivid ,
- volition ,
- voracious ,
- voyeuristical ,
- vulgar ,
- vulturine ,
- vulturous ,
- wakeful ,
- wandering ,
- wanted ,
- wanting ,
- wary ,
- waste ,
- water under the bridge ,
- way-out ,
- weak ,
- weighty ,
- weirdie ,
- weirdy ,
- wet ,
- whatnot ,
- whole ,
- wholly ,
- wicked ,
- wickedness ,
- wide ,
- wide area network ,
- wild blue yonder ,
- wilderness ,
- wind ,
- wise ,
- wish ,
- wispy ,
- witching ,
- with child ,
- wizard ,
- wizardly ,
- wolflike ,
- wonder ,
- wonderment ,
- wondrous ,
- wonky ,
- woolgathering ,
- worked up ,
- worn ,
- worry ,
- wrapped ,
- wrecking bar ,
- wrongfulness ,
- wrongly ,
- wyrd ,
- yaw ,
- yawn ,
- yeasty ,
- zany ,
- zeal ,
- zestful ,
- zesty .
- Artistical ,
- Attracted ,
- Denaturalized ,
- Desiring ,
- Deviating ,
- Disquisitive ,
- Drouthy ,
- Examining ,
- Expecting ,
- Exploring ,
- Inquisitional ,
- Inspecting ,
- Intermeddling ,
- Lickerish ,
- Open-mouthed ,
- Peeping ,
- Piqued ,
- Queerish ,
- Querying ,
- Quizzing ,
- Scrutinizing ,
- Supercurious ,
- Tantalized ,
- Tickled ,
- abnormally ,
- absolutely ,
- absorbed ,
- accurate ,
- aesthetic ,
- alien ,
- all agog ,
- amusing ,
- analytical ,
- anxious ,
- arabesque ,
- artistic ,
- askew ,
- athirst ,
- attentive ,
- aux aguets ,
- baffling ,
- barbarous ,
- barmy ,
- be curious ,
- bent ,
- bewildering ,
- bizarro ,
- busy ,
- busybody ,
- camp ,
- careful ,
- case ,
- catechistic ,
- cathectic ,
- cautious ,
- certain ,
- character ,
- chimeric ,
- circumspect ,
- clean-cut ,
- clear-cut ,
- close ,
- comic ,
- completely ,
- concerned ,
- confounding ,
- confusing ,
- conscientious ,
- considerate ,
- constant ,
- consumed with curiosity ,
- craving ,
- critical ,
- crotchety ,
- definite ,
- delicate ,
- desirous ,
- deviate ,
- distinct ,
- distinctive ,
- distinguished ,
- drawn ,
- dry ,
- eager ,
- engaged ,
- engrossed ,
- enigmatic ,
- enthusiastic ,
- entirely ,
- errant ,
- erroneous ,
- especial ,
- especially ,
- esurient ,
- exact ,
- exacting ,
- excited ,
- exotic ,
- expectant ,
- extraordinaire ,
- extraordinarily ,
- extravagant ,
- fain ,
- faithful ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- famished ,
- fanciful ,
- fantastic ,
- far-out ,
- fine ,
- fishy ,
- flake ,
- foreign ,
- foreigner ,
- freaky ,
- funnily ,
- fussy ,
- gape ,
- gaping ,
- gay ,
- geek ,
- ghoulish ,
- gossipy ,
- greatly ,
- grotesquely ,
- heedful ,
- highly ,
- hungry ,
- impertinent ,
- imprecise ,
- in error ,
- in expectation ,
- inaccurate ,
- inclined ,
- incorrect ,
- individual ,
- inexact ,
- inexplicable ,
- infrequent ,
- inimitable ,
- inquisitively ,
- inquisitory ,
- insoluble ,
- interesting ,
- interfering ,
- interrogative ,
- interrogatory ,
- intrusive ,
- involved ,
- itchy ,
- just ,
- just so ,
- keen ,
- keen on ,
- kinky ,
- kookie ,
- leftover ,
- lionize ,
- literal ,
- looking forward to ,
- loving ,
- marvelous ,
- mathematical ,
- meddler ,
- meddling ,
- meticulous ,
- mindful ,
- mirthful ,
- mistaken ,
- monstrous ,
- morbid ,
- mysterious ,
- mystifying ,
- newcomer ,
- nice ,
- nondescript ,
- nose ,
- nosey ,
- notable ,
- noteworthy ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- oddly ,
- off-kilter ,
- off-the-wall ,
- offbeat ,
- on tenterhooks ,
- on the watch ,
- open-eyed ,
- openmouthed ,
- optative ,
- original ,
- out ,
- out-of-the-way ,
- outre ,
- outsider ,
- outstanding ,
- partial ,
- partial to ,
- particular ,
- passionate ,
- peckish ,
- peculiarly ,
- perplexing ,
- phenomenal ,
- pictorial ,
- picturesque ,
- pixilated ,
- pixyish ,
- playful ,
- precise ,
- preternatural ,
- probing ,
- prominent ,
- prurient ,
- puckish ,
- punctilious ,
- punctual ,
- puzzled ,
- puzzling ,
- queerly ,
- quite ,
- quite a ,
- quite an ,
- rare ,
- ravening ,
- ready ,
- really ,
- regardful ,
- religious ,
- remaining ,
- remarkable ,
- responsive ,
- rigid ,
- rigorous ,
- risible ,
- rubberneck ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- salient ,
- scarce ,
- scientific ,
- scopophiliac ,
- screwy ,
- scrupulous ,
- sedulous ,
- severe ,
- shady ,
- sharp-set ,
- signal ,
- similar ,
- singularly ,
- snooping ,
- so ,
- solicitous ,
- spaced-out ,
- special ,
- specialized ,
- specific ,
- specifically ,
- speculative ,
- spying ,
- stare ,
- stimulated ,
- strangely ,
- stranger ,
- strict ,
- striking ,
- sui generis ,
- surprising ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- tampering ,
- tender ,
- thirsty ,
- titillated ,
- turned on ,
- type ,
- unaccountable ,
- unaccustomed ,
- unanticipated ,
- uncanny ,
- uncharacteristic ,
- uncommonly ,
- uncouth ,
- unearthly ,
- unerring ,
- unexampled ,
- unexpected ,
- unfashionable ,
- unheard-of ,
- unknown ,
- unmatched ,
- unmated ,
- unordinary ,
- unorthodox ,
- unpaired ,
- unparalleled ,
- unprecedented ,
- unsolvable ,
- unusually ,
- unwonted ,
- very ,
- vigilant ,
- visible ,
- voyeuristic ,
- way out ,
- well-composed ,
- well-defined ,
- whimsical ,
- willing ,
- wishful ,
- wistful ,
- wonderful ,
- wondering ,
- wonderworking ,
- wrong .
- Arrestive ,
- Old World ,
- abnormal ,
- alchemistic ,
- astrological ,
- bizarre ,
- blue sky ,
- breaking new ground ,
- bugged out ,
- castles in air ,
- castles in the air ,
- eccentric ,
- enigmatical ,
- extra ordinary ,
- extraordinary ,
- fab ,
- fairy-tale ,
- fairytale ,
- freaker ,
- funny ,
- gilt-edged ,
- giltedged ,
- grody ,
- kibitzing ,
- little known ,
- nebby ,
- necromantic ,
- not tightly wrapped ,
- obstructive ,
- off beaten path ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten track ,
- off-base ,
- out in left field ,
- out of line ,
- out-standing ,
- outlandish ,
- peculiar ,
- pre-eminent ,
- primo ,
- queer ,
- schizo ,
- schizoid ,
- searching ,
- spastic ,
- sphinxlike ,
- strange ,
- un-ordinary ,
- uncommon ,
- uncustomary ,
- unheard of ,
- uninvestigated ,
- unknowable ,
- weird ,
- world class ,
- zero cool .
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How to use "Curious" in context?
Curious is defined as having a desire to know more about something. People can be curious in different ways. For some, curiosity can be sparked by something new. This can be something they have never seen before, or something they have seen a lot but don't know why. For others, curiosity can be sparked by something they have seen before but don't know what it is. This can be something as simple as a curiosity to learn more about a plant, or as complex as a curiosity to learn more about a scientific discovery. In the end, curiosity is simply a desire to know more.
Paraphrases for Curious:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
bizarre, inquisitive, nosy, outlandish, remarkable.
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Noun, plural
strange.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
amusing, anxious, astonishing, awkward, eager, extraneous, interested, ironic, keen, mysterious, nosey, noticeable, puzzling, singular, striking, surprised, suspicious, uncanny, unfamiliar.
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Verb, past participle
interested, Intrigued.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
amazes, astonishes, puzzles.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
concerned, exciting, extraordinary, fascinating, intriguing, strange, surprising, Intrigued.
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Proper noun, singular
strange.
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Noun, singular or mass
curiosity.
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Adjective
Homophones for Curious:
- cargo, cereus, crius, carex, Cashier's Cheque, cyrus, caress, carriageway, cerous, crax, carcase, Cyrus Ii, church key, caricaceae, corse, crease, courage, charge, corkage, crosswise, cross-check, crazy house, carouse, curacoa, crocus, coarse, church, ceraceous, carrack, corgi, carica, carassius, carcass, crick, crossways, curry sauce, coryza, circe, cirrhosis, casework, cross-eye, choragic, carriage, cork oak, cirque, crecy, chorus, crock, cherokee, cockroach, curacy, cark, carjack, choric, crake, circaea, crush, coracias, crux, ceric, carissa, carack, crookes, corsage, curse, coriaceous, crex, cow shark, craze, carioca, cracow, creek, cruise, casuarius, crisis, cirrhus, creese, cross, crag, curacao, craigie, crosscheck, cirrus, creak, cherish, crass, caruso, crook, Ceruse, checkers, crazy, cerise, CCRC, caracas, coerce, course, creaky, couch grass, cruse, croak, car race, curiosa, crossway, crouch, crack, creche, croesus, crossjack, crus, carious, corsica, carcajou, characeae, crash, cercis, crosse, corky, corixa, Cheshire Cheese, cork, chirico, coach horse, choragus, ceres, courageous, cuirass, cashier's check, carsick, chorizo, cockhorse, circus, ceras, curassow, creashak, chirk, craggy, croaky, cress, corokia, Caroche, corozo, currish, crouse, carriage house, caries, carrizo, correggio.
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detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
