curious

Examples

• All

• I am so unbelievably curious about all of it.

  Jay Shetty Podcast

• - I was just curious as to why a capable young man like you would want to work in a small town clinic like this.

  Of Things Past (2023)

• And I think all great artists are highly curious individuals.

  Film Courage

• And I said hi, I was just curious, like, what is this?

• I guess I was just curious as to where this was going.

• The next day, I was curious to know what would happen to us.

  Academic text (2008)

• After that first year, however, I became curious about incorporating technology in my classroom.

  Academic text (2015)

• If we stop being humble and curious, we won't continue to grow.

  Stanford

• For young children, who are forever curious about the world around them, informational texts often capture their attention.

  Academic text (2013)

• As he approached voting age, Mr. Nelson became curious about Islam, the dominant religion among the new immigrants.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

I

interested

vscurious

∞ 1.0

Wanting to learn more about something

is eagerness to investigate things possibly outside one's own business

E

eager

vscurious

447 1.0

Wanting very much to do or have something and showing strong interest

is desire to learn or know often about matters beyond personal concern

K

keen

vscurious

85 2.3

Very eager to do or try something

is a wish to discover information often about others' matters

I

inquisitive

vscurious

25 4.4

Wanting to know or learn things, sometimes too nosy

is interest directed at learning, often about others' matters

I

inquiring

vscurious

3.9

Curious and asking questions to learn more

is desire to learn even about things that do not concern oneself

W

wondering

vscurious

2.0

Curious and wanting to know more

is active desire to find out not just private thought

Antonyms

I

indifferent

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

U

uninterested

20 3.5

Not wanting to know about or take part in something

I

incurious

2 8.1

Not wanting to learn about new things

How Curious

obsessed

245 4.8

fascinated

1 2.1

inquisitive

25 4.4

curious

675 1.3

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology