Antonyms of adj curious
3 senses of curious
Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")
INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar -- (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences")
Sense 2
curious (vs. incurious) -- (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings")
incurious (vs. curious) -- (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them")
=> uninterested -- (having no care or interest in knowing; "she appeared totally uninterested")
=> uninquiring, uninquisitive -- (deficient in curiosity)
Sense 3
curious -- (having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious")
INDIRECT (VIA interested) -> uninterested -- (not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator")
Similarity of adj curious
3 senses of curious
Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")
=> strange (vs. familiar), unusual -- (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has")
Sense 2
curious (vs. incurious) -- (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings")
=> inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering (prenominal) -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")
=> nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy -- (offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day")
=> overcurious -- (showing excessive curiosity)
Also See-> inquiring#1
Sense 3
curious -- (having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious")
=> interested (vs. uninterested) -- (having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern; "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators")