1. meddling 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. Inquisiti Synonyms: inquisitive, curious, meddlesome, peeping, scrutinizing, inquiring, meddling, prying, searching, intrusive Antonyms: apathetic, heedless, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested, careless, inattentive