curiosity
noun
1 curiosity
A state in which you want to learn more about something.
synonym: wonder.
Roget 455:
interest,
thirst for knowledge,
thirst for truth;
curiosity,
curiousness;
inquiring mind;
inquisitiveness.
omnivorous intellect,
devouring mind.
[person who desires knowledge]
inquirer;
sightseer;
quidnunc [Lat.],
newsmonger,
Paul Pry,
eavesdropper;
gossip
etc.
(news)
532;
rubberneck;
intellectual;
seeker
[inquirer after religious knowledge],
seeker after truth.
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Roget 507:
expectation,
expectance,
expectancy;
anticipation,
reckoning,
calculation;
foresight
etc.
510.
contemplation,
prospection†,
lookout;
prospect,
perspective,
horizon,
vista;
destiny
etc.
152.
suspense,
waiting,
abeyance;
curiosity
etc.
455;
anxious expectation,
ardent expectation,
eager expectation,
breathless expectation,
sanguine expectation;
torment of Tantalus.
hope
etc.
858;
trust
etc.
(belief)
484;
auspices
etc.
(prediction)
511;
assurance,
confidence,
presumption,
reliance.
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Roget 872:
prodigy,
phenomenon;
wonder,
wonderment;
marvel,
miracle;
monster
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
curiosity,
lion,
sight,
spectacle;
jeu de theatre [Fr.],
coup de theatre;
gazingstock†;
sign;
St. Elmo's fire,
St. Elmo's light;
portent
etc.
512.
bursting of a shell,
bursting of a bomb;
volcanic eruption,
peal of thunder;
thunder-clap,
thunder-bolt.
what no words can paint;
wonders of the world;
annus mirabilis [Lat.];
dignus vindice nodus [Lat.].
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Dutch: curiositeit, nieuwsgierigheid
Polish: ciekawość
2 curiosity
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
synonyms: curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity.
Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Dutch: curiositeit, curiosum, rara avis, rariteit, zeldzaamheid
Polish: cacko, cudo
Moby thesaurus: abnormality, amazement, anomaly, ardor, astonishing thing, astonishment, bauble, bric-a-brac, cathexis, concern, concernment, concupiscence, conversation piece, curio, desideration, desire, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, exception, fancy, fantasy, freak, gazingstock, gewgaw, hope, horme, improbability, inquisitiveness, intellectual curiosity, interest, interestedness, interference, intrusiveness, libido, lust for learning, marvel, marvelment, matter of interest, meddlesomeness, mind, miracle, monstrosity, museum piece, need, nonesuch, nosiness, objet d'art, oddity, passion, phenomenon, pleasure, pleasure principle, prodigiosity, prodigy, prying, questioning, quite a thing, rarity, regard, sensation, sexual desire, sight, snooping, something else, special interest, spectacle, strange thing, stunner, thirst for knowledge, trinket, urge, want, wanting, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment, wonder, wonderful thing, wonderment ... show more.
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