Nosy

//ˈnoʊzi//

Synonyms for "nosy" (41 found)

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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related to

8 entries

similar

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Translations

78 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • فُضُولِيّ adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • مَلْقوف adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • любопитен adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Catalan

2 entries
  • dotor adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • tafaner adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • maukit-ukiton adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • ukiton adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 多管閒事 /多管闲事 adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Cornish

2 entries
  • tron-droghya adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • tronek adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Czech

4 entries
  • nosatý adj (having a large nose)
  • slídivý adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • vlezlý adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • vtíravý adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Dutch

2 entries
  • curieus adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • nieuwsgierig adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Esperanto

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  • maldiskreta adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Finnish

2 entries
  • isonenäinen adj (having a large nose)
  • utelias adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

French

3 entries
  • curieux adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • fouineur adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • fureteur adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Galician

1 entries
  • entremetido adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

German

2 entries
  • neugierig adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • topfguckerisch adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • indiszkrét adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • kotnyeles adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • tolakodó adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Hutterisch

1 entries
  • niesheerich adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • forvitinn adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Italian

1 entries
  • ficcanaso adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • fass adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Japanese

1 entries
  • おせっかいな adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • atrevide adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • atrividu adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • љубо́питен adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • љубо́питник adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Māori

3 entries
  • ihu kurī adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • mahira adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • māhirahira adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • forviten adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Persian

1 entries
  • فضول adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Polish

2 entries
  • nosaty adj (having a large nose)
  • wścibski adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abelhudo adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • bilhardeiro adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • bisbilhoteiro adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • coscuvelheiro adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Russian

2 entries
  • любопы́тный adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • носатый adj (having a large nose)

Slovak

2 entries
  • nosatý adj (having a large nose)
  • vtieravý adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chismoso adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • cotilla adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • entremetido adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • metiche adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nyfiken adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Turkish

1 entries
  • meraklı bakkal adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • lắm chuyện adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • nhiều chuyện adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • thọc mạch adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)
  • đa sự adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Welsh

1 entries
  • busneslyd adj (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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My neighbor is what we call a nosy person.

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Tom has some nosy neighbors.

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Don't be so nosy!

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They're awfully nosy.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.