Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prying

1 sense of prying

Sense 1
nosiness, prying, snoopiness -- (offensive inquisitiveness)
       => curiousness, inquisitiveness -- (a state of active curiosity)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pry

4 senses of pry

Sense 1
pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy -- (to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail")
       => open, open up -- (cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door")

Sense 2
pry -- (be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!")
       => ask, inquire, enquire -- (inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times")

Sense 3
intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke -- (search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office")
       => search, look -- (search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!")

Sense 4
pry, prise -- (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him")
       => extort, wring from -- (get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner)

Antonyms of adj prying

1 sense of prying

Sense 1
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")

INDIRECT (VIA curious) -> incurious -- (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them")

Similarity of adj prying

1 sense of prying

Sense 1
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")
       => 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")