CURIOSITY meaning: Desire to learn and explore

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word curiosity:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

curiosity: Merriam-Webster
curiosity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
curiosity: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
curiosity: Collins English Dictionary
curiosity: Vocabulary.com
Curiosity, curiosity: Wordnik
curiosity: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
curiosity: Wiktionary
curiosity: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
curiosity: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
curiosity: Infoplease Dictionary
Curiosity, curiosity: Dictionary.com
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Curiosity: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
curiosity: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
curiosity: Rhymezone
Curiosity: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
curiosity: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
curiosity: FreeDictionary.org
curiosity: Mnemonic Dictionary
curiosity: TheFreeDictionary.com
curiosity: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
curiosity: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
curiosity: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

curiosity: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Curiosity: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

curiosity: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

curiosity: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
▸ noun:  A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.

Opposite:

apathy, indifference, disinterest, unconcern, detachment

Types:

inquisitive, nosy, prying, curious, impertinent, more...

Phrases:

Curiosity Shop, morbid curiosity, fatal curiosity, Curiosity Killed the Cat, old curiosity shop, more...

Adjectives:

intellectual, great, natural, idle, mere, much, scientific, insatiable, intense, eager, public

Colors:

teal, turquoise, lime green, coral, lavender, more...

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