Meaning & Definition of Curiosity in English
English⟶
Curiosity
/kjʊriɑsəti/
noun
1. A state in which you want to learn more about something
synonym:
- curiosity,
- wonder
2. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
synonym:
- curio,
- curiosity,
- oddity,
- oddment,
- peculiarity,
- rarity
Examples of using
I only ask out of curiosity.
I couldn't tell what kind of person this girl I met on the internet was from her profile, but something about her still piqued my curiosity, as though I had met her in a previous life, or something occult-ish like that, anyways.
He did it out of curiosity.