What is another word for curiosity?
Synonyms for curiosity
ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ticu·rios·i·ty
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Wiktionary
curiositynoun
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inquisitivenessAntonyms:
ignorancecuriositynoun
Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
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ignorancecuriositynoun
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
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ignorancecuriositynoun
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
He kept the strangely shaped rock as a curiosity.
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inquisitivenessAntonyms:
ignorance
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
curiosity
Synonyms:
inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lionAntonyms:
indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, song
Princeton's WordNet
curiosity, wondernoun
a state in which you want to learn more about something
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peculiarity, oddment, wonderment, wonder, marvel, curio, oddity, admiration, raritycurio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, raritynoun
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
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rarity, tenuity, remainder, wonder, end, distinguishing characteristic, distinctiveness, rareness, curio, oddness, specialty, quirkiness, low density, queerness, oddity, crotchet, specialness, distinctive feature, remnant, peculiarity, oddment, infrequency, quirk, speciality
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
curiositynoun
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inquisitivenesscuriositynoun
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phenomenon, wonder, marvel, rarity, sight, spectacle
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
curiositynoun
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inquisitiveness, curio, freak, rarity, rara avis, wonderAntonyms:
incuriosity, uninquisitiveness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "curiosity":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#317 | end | |
#653 | interest | |
#3256 | celebrity | |
#3319 | specialty | |
#3339 | wonder | |
#5552 | lion | |
#7013 | curious | |
#8866 | phenomenon | |
#9136 | marvel | |
#9174 | remainder | |
#14466 | curiosity | |
#18215 | speciality | |
#23032 | admiration | |
#25404 | remnant | |
#28945 | rarity | |
#39200 | curio | |
#42292 | quirk | |
#47434 | oddity | |
#63317 | distinctiveness | |
#70790 | peculiarity | |
#71017 | crotchet | |
#91085 | wonderment | |
#117555 | oddness | |
#157317 | quirkiness | |
#194076 | inquisitiveness | |
#203813 | specialness | |
#221927 | infrequency | |
#282972 | queerness |
How to use curiosity in a sentence?
This is moving from a peculiar fringe curiosity to a violent extremist movement.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
I wondered how they felt when holding hands, and now my curiosity has been satisfied.
We have to watch for and cultivate and encourage those glimmers of curiosity and possibility - not suppress them, not squelch them.
For a lot of people, curiosity is piqued, they are wondering' What are these soccer balls doing on the golf course ?'.
Translations for curiosity
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- فُضُولArabic
- maraqAzerbaijani
- куриоз, любознателност, любопитство, рядкостBulgarian
- zvědavost, kuriozitaCzech
- nysgerrighedDanish
- Kuriosität, Neugierde, Neugier, KuriosumGerman
- περιέργειαGreek
- curiosidadSpanish
- uudishimu, kurioosumEstonian
- jakinminBasque
- kuriositeetti, uteliaisuusFinnish
- curiositéFrench
- סקרנותHebrew
- kiváncsiságHungarian
- forvitniIcelandic
- curiositàItalian
- 珍奇, 好奇心Japanese
- ಕುತೂಹಲKannada
- 호기심, 好奇心Korean
- tatol, balkêşî, çavzêlkî, tatêl, etir, xemxwerî, hewes, mereqKurdish
- cūriōsitāsLatin
- žingeidumas, smalsumasLithuanian
- ziņkārība, ziņkāreLatvian
- mokamokai, mōkaikaiMāori
- љубопитностMacedonian
- nieuwsgierigheid, curiositeitDutch
- nysgjerrighetNorwegian
- ciekawostka, ciekawośćPolish
- curiosidadePortuguese
- curiozitateRomanian
- любознательность, редкость, любопытство, пытливость, курьёз, диковинаRussian
- знатижеља, znatiželjnost, znatiželja, ljubopitljivost, љубопитност, ljubopitstvo, љубопитљивост, знатижељност, куриозѝте̄т, ljubopitnost, zanìmljivōst, radoznalost, занѝмљиво̄ст, љубопитство, радозналост, kuriozìtētSerbo-Croatian
- radovednostSlovene
- nyfikenhet, kuriositetSwedish
- కుతూహలంTelugu
- meraklılık, tuhaflık, merak, ucûbeTurkish
- дивина, рідкість, цікавістьUkrainian
- تجسسUrdu
- tò mòVietnamese
- 好奇心Chinese
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