Curious

//ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs//

Synonyms for "curious" (203 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (41)

Strong matches (61)

Adjective(22 words)

eerie eldritch enquiring, inquiring errant exceptional exquisitive extraordinary fey forby freak freakish freaky fremd funny heteroclite hinky incongruitous incongruous investigative irregular

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kooky monstrous

enthusiastic erratic examining excited exotic extraordinary fanciful fascinated foreign freaked out freakish freaky ghoulish gossipy grotesque heedful impertinent inquiring inquisitional inquisitorial

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interested interfering intermeddling interrogational interrogative interrogatory intrusive investigative irregular itchy keen on kinky kooky loving meddlesome meddling mindful morbid

Adjective(1 words)

funny

Related words (101)

morbidly curious mysterious nosy nuts nutty odd oddball off off the wall offbeat open eyed open-eyed openmouthed ordinary out outlandish outrageous outre passing strange passionate

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Adjective(36 words)

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seld singular strange switch-hitting trippy uncanny uncommon unconventional unearthly unexpected unreasonable unusual unwonted weird weirdsome yampy

Adjective(6 words)

odd peculiar queer rum rummy singular

How these synonyms differ

inquisitive - 'Inquisitive' implies active questioning, an inquisitive child asks why nonstop. Curiosity can be quiet and internal; inquisitiveness pushes outward.
interested - 'Interested' is milder and broader, you can be interested without the itch to investigate. Curiosity implies you'll try to find out.
intrigued - 'Intrigued' means something specific has hooked your attention, it's curiosity with a target, sparked by something mysterious or unexpected.
nosy - 'Nosy' is curiosity aimed where it doesn't belong. The interest is the same, but the social judgment flips from positive to negative.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

incurious

Synonyms

1 entries

funny

Related terms

6 entries

curio curiosity curiosity killed the cat incurious incuriously incuriousness

derived

22 entries

bi-curious bicurious curiously curiousness epicurious gay curious homocurious indy-curious noncurious odd and curious overcurious pancurious polycurious queerious semicurious sober-curious

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related to

11 entries

bizarre curio curiosity explore fastidious inquiring inquisitive interested odd ordinary particular

similar

16 entries

inquiring inquisitive interested nosey nosy overcurious prying questioning snoopy speculative strange unusual wondering

Translations

126 translations across 58 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

nuuskierig adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

περίεργος adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Arabic

1 entries

فُضُولِيّ adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Armenian

1 entries

հետաքրքրասեր adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

maraqcıl adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Belarusian

3 entries

дапы́тлівы adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
ціка́вы adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
ціка́ўны adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Bulgarian

4 entries

курио́зен adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
любозна́телен adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
любопи́тен adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
стра́нен adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Catalan

2 entries

curiosa adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
curiós adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Chamicuro

1 entries

ka'sulujyaka adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

好奇 adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
有好奇心 adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
異常 /异常 adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Czech

3 entries

podivný adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
zvláštní adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
zvědavý adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Danish

4 entries

besynderlig adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
kuriøs adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
mærkværdig adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
nysgerrig adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Dutch

2 entries

apart adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
nieuwsgierig adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Esperanto

2 entries

kurioza adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
scivolema adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Estonian

1 entries

uudishimulik adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Faroese

1 entries

forvitin adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Finnish

3 entries

erikoinen adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
outo adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
utelias adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

French

2 entries

curieux adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
curieux adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Galician

1 entries

curioso adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

German

2 entries

kurios adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
neugierig adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Greek

1 entries

περίεργος adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Hebrew

2 entries

סַקְרָן adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
סקרנית adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Hindi

2 entries

उत्सुक adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
जिज्ञासु adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Hungarian

1 entries

kíváncsi adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Irish

2 entries

aisteach adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
fiosrach adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Italian

4 entries

curioso adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
curioso adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
interessato adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
strano adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Japanese

2 entries

好奇心の強い adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
知りたがる adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Korean

3 entries

궁금하다 adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
기이한 adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
호기심이 많은 adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Latin

2 entries

cūriōsus adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
studiōsus adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Latvian

2 entries

ziņkārs adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
ziņkārīgs adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Lithuanian

4 entries

keistas adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
neįprastas adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
smalsus adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
žingeidus adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Macedonian

3 entries

необичен adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
чуден adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
љубопитен adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Māori

1 entries

māhirahira adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Navajo

1 entries

haalá nízin adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Norman

1 entries

tchuthieux adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Norwegian

1 entries

nysgjerrig adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

nyfiken adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
vitekjær adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Old English

2 entries

firwitt adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
firwitġeorn adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Persian

1 entries

کنجکاو adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

nieschierich adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Polish

2 entries

ciekawy adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
dociekliwy adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Portuguese

3 entries

curioso adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
curioso adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
estranho adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Romanian

4 entries

bizar adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
ciudat adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
curios adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
curios adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Russian

4 entries

вызыва́ющий любопы́тство adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
курьёзный adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
любозна́тельный adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
любопы́тный adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

feòrachail adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

radòznao adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
znȁtižēljan adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
зна̏тиже̄љан adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
радо̀знао adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Slovak

1 entries

zvedavý adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Slovene

1 entries

radoveden adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Spanish

4 entries

curioso adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
curioso adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
extraño adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
raro adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Swedish

4 entries

besynnerlig adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
märklig adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
märkvärdig adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
nyfiken adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Tagalog

1 entries

kiyuryus adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Tongan

1 entries

fie'ilo adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Turkish

1 entries

meraklı adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Ukrainian

4 entries

допи́тливий adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
знаттєлю́бний adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
курйо́зний adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
ціка́вий adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tò mò adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Volapük

1 entries

nulälik adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Welsh

4 entries

chwilfrydig adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
chwilgar adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)
hynod adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)
rhyfedd adj (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual)

Yiddish

1 entries

טשיקאַווע adj (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate — see also inquisitive)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am curious.

Source: tatoeba (1436)

"What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."

Source: tatoeba (1508)

A curious disease struck the town.

Source: tatoeba (20629)

Curious to say, I didn't find it anywhere.

Source: tatoeba (20635)

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