Antonyms of adj uninterested

2 senses of uninterested

Sense 1
uninterested (vs. interested) -- (not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator")

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")
        => curious -- (having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious")

Sense 2
uninterested -- (having no care or interest in knowing; "she appeared totally uninterested")

INDIRECT (VIA incurious) -> curious -- (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")

Similarity of adj uninterested

2 senses of uninterested

Sense 1
uninterested (vs. interested) -- (not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator")
       => apathetic, indifferent -- (marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent")
       => blase, bored -- (uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star")
       => dismissive -- (showing indifference or disregard; "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "'chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term 'housewife syndrome'")
       => dulled, benumbed -- (having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond")

Sense 2
uninterested -- (having no care or interest in knowing; "she appeared totally uninterested")
       => incurious (vs. curious) -- (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them")

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