Meaning & use
inquisitive
Eager to acquire knowledge or information; curious, sometimes excessively so.
See it in a sentence
The inquisitive toddler kept asking why the sky turns dark at night.
Her inquisitive nature made her an excellent detective, always chasing small details.
A note on using this word
Inquisitive is usually positive when describing genuine intellectual curiosity, but can turn negative when it suggests nosiness about others' private affairs.
Words with a similar meaning
curiousprobing
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
indifferentincurious
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