Synonyms for curiosity
ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ticu·rios·i·ty

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1. curiositynoun

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness

   Antonyms:
   ignorance

2. curiositynoun

   Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness

   Antonyms:
   ignorance

3. curiositynoun

   Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness

   Antonyms:
   ignorance

4. curiositynoun

   A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.

   He kept the strangely shaped rock as a curiosity.

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness

   Antonyms:
   ignorance

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. curiosity

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lion

   Antonyms:
   indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, song

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. curiosity, wondernoun

   a state in which you want to learn more about something

   Synonyms:
   peculiarity, oddment, wonderment, wonder, marvel, curio, oddity, admiration, rarity

2. curio, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive State

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. curiositynoun

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness

2. curiositynoun

   Synonyms:
   phenomenon, wonder, marvel, rarity, sight, spectacle

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1. curiositynoun

   Synonyms:
   inquisitiveness, curio, freak, rarity, rara avis, wonder

   Antonyms:
   incuriosity, uninquisitiveness

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1. List of paraphrases for "curiosity":

   curious

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1. Benito Mussolini:

   But which race? Does there exist a German race? Has it ever existed? Will it ever exist? Reality, myth, or hoax of the theorists? Ah well, we respond, a Germanic race does not exist. Various movements. Curiosity. Stupor. We repeat. Does not exist. We don't say so. Scientists say so. Hitler says so.

2. Miyuki Maruping:

   We don't have to be experts in environmental science or nature studies. What's more important is that we spend time together with children by exploring curiosity in a fun and safe environment.

3. Jeremy Taylor:

   Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.

4. Scott Braeckel:

   It was an interesting curiosity but hasn't moved into daily use for me because frankly, I don't really shop at places it's taken, the places I mostly shop, which are my grocery store and pharmacy, don't accept it.

5. Dorothy Parker:

   The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.