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Adjectives (6)
inquisitive
adj. inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"
questioning, speculative, wondering
adj. showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
inquiring, curious
adj. having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious"
Fuzzynyms (12)
curious
adj. 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"
questioning, inquisitive, speculative, wondering
adj. showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
inquisitive
adj. inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"
meddling, busy, interfering, meddlesome, officious, busybodied
adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"
Synonyms (16)
fact-finding, investigative, investigatory
adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"
inquisitorial
adj. having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"
inquisitorial
adj. marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank
probing, searching, inquisitory
adj. diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
prying, inquisitorial, nosy, nosey, snoopy
adj. 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
adj. showing excessive curiosity
concerned
adj. having an interest or claim or stake: "the interested parties met to discuss the business"
fascinated
adj. intensely interested in or attracted by; "I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them"
Antonyms (3)
uninterested
adj. not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator"
indifferent, apathetic
adj. marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent"
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