INQUISITIVE


Meaning of INQUISITIVE in English

adjective

1.

given to examination or investigation

an inquisitive child who was interested in everything around her

Synonyms: curious, disquisitive, inquiring, investigative, questioning

Related Word: nosy, prying, snoopy

Contrasted words: indifferent, unconcerned, uninquisitive, uninterested

Antonyms: incurious

2.

Synonyms: curious 2, inquisitorial, inquisitory, ||nibby, nosy, peery, prying, snoopy

Antonyms: incurious, uninquiring

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