NOSINESS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

nosiness

noun

Definition of nosiness

as in curiosity

an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business your annoying nosiness isn't going to win you any friends

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Recent Examples of nosiness Or plain nosiness, which is also rampant. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025 The desire to know the answer to those questions is not a matter of prurient nosiness. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2024 One curious dog has left people in stitches after he was caught on camera letting his nosiness get the better of him, with the ensuing video going viral. — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots The human fascination with watching others—whether through reality TV, Instagram stories or overheard drama—is often dismissed as nosiness. — Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2025 Cohen knows today’s podcasting cabal owes him a debt for pioneering its booking practices; Call Her Daddy and Las Culturistas don’t get to bounce between Michelle Obama and Huda Mustafa from Love Island USA without Cohen’s tradition of loving nosiness. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026

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Noun

And though Sonnenshine aged them a bit to allow for more complex storylines, Laura (Alice Halsey) is all curiosity and mischief compared to Mary’s (Hughes) more studious rule-following.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Both are beginner-friendly and simply require a little curiosity to get started.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of curiosity

Noun

Allen attended Pacific Lutheran High School in Gardena, California, where he was known for his inquisitiveness and intellect, a former volleyball teammate told NBC News.

— Garrett Haake, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Yet by cooling down people and promising to satiate the inquisitiveness of curious scientists, the cucumber managed to spread to all continents.

— Andrés Muedano, JSTOR Daily, 25 Mar. 2026

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