- Types Of Speech
- You can use curious as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Curious
- A 3 syllables article and 7 letters with the letters c, i, o, r, s, and u, 3 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter i. Curious starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, cu, cur, curi, curio, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, rious, ..
- Definition
- 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 nei
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Curious is set as a grade five word that starts with c, ends with s, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is curious a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Curious in Pig Latin is said as "uriouscay or uriouscway".
- Unigram
- c | u | r | i | o | u | s
- Bigram
- cu | ur | ri | io | ou | us
- Trigram
- cur | uri | rio | iou | ous
- Quadrigram
- curi | urio | riou | ious
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- 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 nei
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- having curiosity aroused;
eagerly interested in learning more;
"a trap door that made me curious"
Synonym | Definition |
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Aberrant | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
Abnormal | much greater than the normal "abnormal profits" "abnormal ambition" |
Absurd | inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman |
Advertent | giving attention |
Agape | a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship |
Agog | highly excited |
All Agog | |
Analytic | of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience "`all spinsters are unmarried'' is an analytic proposition" |
Analytical | of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience "`all spinsters are unmarried'' is an analytic proposition" |
Around The Bend |
View all cognitive synonyms for Curious
Antonym | Definition |
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Incurious | showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Curious | 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 nei |
View English words with the unique letters used in curious. Words With The Letters Ciorsu
Similar Word | Definition |
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Inquisitive | showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" |
Nosey | offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor''s doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day" |
Nosy | offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor''s doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day" |
Overcurious | showing excessive curiosity |
Prying | offensive inquisitiveness |
Questioning | a request for information |
Snoopy | a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz |
Speculative | showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" |
Wonderinga | n/a |
See Also | Definition |
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Inquiring | a request for information |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Cursorius (9 letters) | 11 +2 | 14 +2 | cursorius | ||
Voracious (9 letters) | 14 +5 | 17 +5 | voracious | ||
Curious (7 letters) | 9 | 12 | curious | ||
Vicarious (9 letters) | 14 +5 | 17 +5 | vicarious | ||
Carious (7 letters) | 9 | 11 | carious | ||
Roscius (7 letters) | 9 | 11 | ciorssu | ||
Cirrous (7 letters) | 9 | 11 | cirrous |
Curious Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters