inquisitiveadjective
uk/ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.tɪv/us/ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv/wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people:
an inquisitive child
an inquisitive mind
She could see inquisitive faces looking out from the windows next door.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the cat idiom
- curious
- inquiring
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nose
- nosy
- nosy parker
- prurient
- quizzical
- snoot
- stick your nose into sth idiom
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
- thirsty
inquisitively
adverb uk/ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.tɪv.li/us/ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv.li/
The mouse looked around the room inquisitively.
inquisitiveness
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.tɪv.nəs/us/ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv.nəs/