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synonyms for inquisitive

  • analytical
  • nosy
  • big-eyed
  • challenging
  • forward
  • impertinent
  • inquiring
  • inquisitorial
  • interested
  • intrusive
  • investigative
  • meddlesome
  • meddling
  • peering
  • personal
  • poking
  • presumptuous
  • probing
  • prying
  • questioning
  • scrutinizing
  • searching
  • sifting
  • snooping
  • speculative
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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inquisitive, such as: analytical, nosy, big-eyed, challenging, forward, and impertinent.

antonyms for inquisitive

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  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • unconcerned
  • uninterested
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How to use inquisitive in a sentence

With its inquisitive eyes, furry snout, and lush pelt, the mouse—nicknamed Xiao Zhu, or Little Bamboo—nimbly perched on a bamboo stalk, striking a pretty pose for the camera.
SCIENTISTS USE CRISPR TO CONDENSE A MILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION INTO MERE MONTHSSHELLY FANSEPTEMBER 11, 2022SINGULARITY HUB 
Their attitude toward foreign journalists, once they were in control of Kabul, was generally friendly and inquisitive.
AFTER THE FALL: WHAT AFGHANISTAN LOOKS LIKE SINCE THE TALIBAN TAKEOVERLORENZO TUGNOLIAUGUST 4, 2022WASHINGTON POST
Still, she hopes these inquisitive folks take her age—74, thank you—as a reminder that everyone still has time to hike, no matter how many years they’ve been at home, awaiting their turn.
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It’s inquisitive, curious, and a little rebellious about it, because that’s what teenagers are.
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Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Some were inquisitive enough to ask, Has a treaty been signed or a trick been played upon the rebels?
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
He hands a lady out; her pale blue silk domino hides her effectually from the inquisitive gaze of the crowd.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
No more inquisitive cruisers ready to let fly a salvo at anything that stirs.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
The man's nature was inquisitive, and he was indulging idle conjectures as to what might be the news this courier brought.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
I sauntered through the rooms, following the inquisitive ladies of distinction.
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMILIAS)ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS
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