curiosity's
Questioning mind's trait
Curiosity's is the possessive form of curiosity—the quality of wanting to know or learn.
It attributes something to that quality: Curiosity's pull was too strong to resist.
The phrase curiosity killed the cat warns that excessive nosiness can lead to trouble, though curiosity's role in discovery and learning is generally celebrated.
Requests for information
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
seeking · probing · searching · discovery · learning · asking · research · inquiry
Enclosed storage furniture
- shopRetail sales venue
- rarityUncommon occurrence
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- artifactHuman-made historical object
specimen · antique · collectible · novelty · treasure · exhibit · keepsake · trinket
questions
Requests for information
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- investigationFormal examination of facts
inquisitiveness · seeking · probing · searching · discovery · learning · asking · research · inquiry · fascination
cabinet
Enclosed storage furniture
artifact · specimen · antique · collectible · novelty · treasure · exhibit · keepsake · trinket · marvel
killed
Caused to die
prying · snooping · intrusion · interference · busybody · trouble · risk · peril · warning · proverb
child
Person before puberty
mind · nature · spark · spirit · innate · natural · boundless · insatiable · intellectual · youthful
- morbid curiosityInterest in disturbing things
- intellectual curiosityDesire to learn and understand
- curiosity gap
- curiosity shop
- curiosity killed catWarning against excessive inquiry
- scientific curiosityUrge to explore systematically