curious

  • (s) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    • a curious hybrid accent
    • her speech has a funny twang
    • they have some funny ideas about war
    • had an odd name
    • the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
    • something definitely queer about this town
    • what a rum fellow
    • singular behavior
    peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, funny, singular, odd,
  • (a) 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
  • (s) having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
    • a trap door that made me curious

Synonyms

peculiar queer rum rummy funny singular odd

Antonyms

incurious

See also

inquiring

Words of close approximity

curiosa
curiously curiousness