want to know
Desire an answer
Want to know expresses a desire for information: I want to know what happened, She wants to know if you're coming.
The phrase often carries emotional weight beyond simple curiosity—impatience, concern, or demand: I want to know why you lied to me.
In the negative, it signals deliberate avoidance: I don't want to know the details.
- seekTry to find
- askSeek an answer
- ask aroundSeek information from multiple sources
- queryRequest for information
- burning questionUrgent matter needing resolution
study · information · find out · questioning · yearning · comprehend · pry · exploration · fascination · interrogate · wonder · nosy · interest · investigate · understand · demand · eagerness · discover
want to knowdon't want to know
indifferent · couldn't care less · uninterested · willful ignorance · apathetic
want to knowturn a blind eye
Deliberately ignore something obvious
look the other way · bury one's head in the sand · willful ignorance · plausible deniability · blissful ignorance
want, wants, wanted, wanting, unwanted, know, knows, knew, known