Roget's Thesaurus

#455. Curiosity

Nouns

interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for truth; curiosity, curiousness; inquiring mind; inquisitiveness. omnivorous intellect, devouring mind. [person who desires knowledge] inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc [Lat.], newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip etc. (news) 532; rubberneck; intellectual; seeker [inquirer after religious knowledge], seeker after truth.

Verbs

be curious etc. adj.; take an interest in, stare, gape; prick up the ears, see sights, lionize; pry; nose; rubberneck [U.S.].

Adjectives

curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious; inquiring etc. 461; prying, snoopy, nosy, peering; prurient; inquisitorial, inquisitory; curious as a cat; agape etc. (expectant) 507.

Phrases

what's the matter; what next; consumed with curiosity; curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back; curiouser and curiouser [Alice in Wonderland].