NOSINESS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

nosiness

noun

Definition of nosiness

as in curiosity

an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business your annoying nosiness isn't going to win you any friends

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Recent Examples of nosiness Cohen knows today’s podcasting cabal owes him a debt for pioneering its booking practices; Call Her Daddy and Las Culturistas don’t get to bounce between Michelle Obama and Huda Mustafa from Love Island USA without Cohen’s tradition of loving nosiness. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026 Or plain nosiness, which is also rampant. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025 One curious dog has left people in stitches after he was caught on camera letting his nosiness get the better of him, with the ensuing video going viral. — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots The human fascination with watching others—whether through reality TV, Instagram stories or overheard drama—is often dismissed as nosiness. — Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2025 The desire to know the answer to those questions is not a matter of prurient nosiness. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2024

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Noun

Your curiosity leads you straight to pleasure when the Aquarius moon meets Venus.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Sober curiosity is not the same as sobriety in a recovery context.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of curiosity

Noun

Other areas of concern are the library system's self-check-out kiosks, instances in which minor teenagers handle materials while working or volunteering at a branch, and platforms for loaning electronic materials, Adams said.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
Clever and snappy, fresh and silly, a winning combination of classic Looney Tunes gags and contemporary concerns (the press notes mention many influences including, no joke, The Insider).

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of concern

Noun

The salad, in McKinnon’s kitchen, wonders and wanders, and the author heeds its inquisitiveness.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026
On his 100th birthday, Putnam reminds us that range and inquisitiveness is still one of the greatest competitive advantages a leader can have.

— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of inquisitiveness

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