What are some opposite words for curiosity?
Antonyms for curiosity
ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ticu·rios·i·ty
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term curiosity.
Wiktionary
curiositynoun
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ignoranceSynonyms:
inquisitivenesscuriositynoun
Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
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ignoranceSynonyms:
inquisitivenesscuriositynoun
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
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ignoranceSynonyms:
inquisitivenesscuriositynoun
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
Antonyms:
indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, songSynonyms:
inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lion
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Princeton's WordNet
curiosity, wondernoun
a state in which you want to learn more about something
Synonyms:
peculiarity, oddment, wonderment, wonder, marvel, curio, oddity, admiration, raritycurio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, raritynoun
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Synonyms:
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
curiositynoun
Antonyms:
incuriosity, uninquisitivenessSynonyms:
inquisitiveness, curio, freak, rarity, rara avis, wonder
How to use curiosity in a sentence?
No one asked for AWS. No one, turns out the world was in fact ready and hungry for an offering like AWS but didn't know it. We had a hunch, followed our curiosity, took the necessary financial risks, and began building -- reworking, experimenting, and iterating countless times as we proceeded.
He said he'd like me to join his Chamber and I said, 'how much is it, just out of curiosity?' He said people pay from $25,000 to $2 million. I said 'you've gotta be kidding,' good luck to them.
Curiosity, in its purest form, also nurtures the essence of creativity. It encourages us to view things from new perspectives, to imagine the unimaginable, and to create what has never been created before.
Well see if Curiosity makes it up there, or if we get pieces of that upper unit that roll down the mountain, but we may have to do a bit more exploring to find such a transition.
It gave me a curiosity in meeting people, interesting people, and that ultimately has determined how I've traveled, because what I've realized is, it doesn't matter where you go in the world, it doesn't matter where you are but who you're there with.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1018 | drug | |
#1225 | song | |
#4642 | absence | |
#7182 | dirt | |
#8871 | weed | |
#11981 | ignorance | |
#14466 | curiosity | |
#15864 | abstraction | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#23915 | cipher | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#111042 | bagatelle | |
#271402 | heedlessness |
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