Definition of CURIOUS

curious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    • "a curious hybrid accent"
  • having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
    • "a trap door that made me curious"

Adjective

  • eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
    • "a curious child is a teacher's delight"
    • "a trap door that made me curious"
    • "curious investigators"
    • "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"
    • "curious about the neighbor's doings"

Adj

  • Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
  • Caused by curiosity.
  • Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
  • Clipping of bi-curious.
  • Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.
  • Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
  • Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
  • Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus. The English word is cognate with Italian curioso, Occitan curios, Portuguese curioso, and Spanish curioso.

Synonyms

aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, curious, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch, enquiring, inquiring, errant, exceptional, exquisitive, extraordinary, fey, forby, freak, freakish, freaky, fremd, funny, heteroclite, hinky, incongruitous, incongruous, investigative, irregular, kooky, monstrous, nonstandard, odd, out of the ordinary, outlandish, outré, peculiar, peery, quaint, queer, queer as a clockwork orange, queer as a coot, queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, queer as Dick's hatband, rare, rum, rummy, selcouth, seld, singular, strange, trippy, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unearthly, unexpected, unreasonable, unusual, unwonted, weird, weirdsome, yampy

Scrabble Score: 9

curious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
curious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
curious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

curious is a valid Words With Friends word