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curiosities
[kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] 
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curiosity
[kyoor-ee-os-i-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense desire to know, understand |
| Synonyms: | concern, eagerness, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interest, interestingness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, regard, searching, snoopiness, snooping, thirst for knowledge |
| Antonyms: | disinterest, indifference |
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinary, regular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person; computer expert |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, computer specialist, curiosity, dolt, dork, freak, goon, guru, nerd, techie, weirdo |
| Notes: | a geek is any smart person with an obsessive interest, a nerd is the same but also lacks social grace, and a dweeb is a mega-nerd |
| Main Entry: | knickknack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket; decorative piece |
| Synonyms: | bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig, toy, trapping, trifle, whatnot, whimsy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marvel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wonder |
| Synonyms: | curiosity, genius, miracle, one for the books, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, sensation, something else, stunner, whiz |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
| Main Entry: | novelty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket, gadget |
| Synonyms: | bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, item, knick-knack, memento, objet d'art, oddity, souvenir, trifle, whatnot |
| Main Entry: | oddity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abnormality |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, bizarreness, characteristic, conversation piece, curiosity, eccentricity, extraordinariness, freak, freakishness, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, irregularity, kink, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, phenomenon, queerness, quirk, rarity, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | convention, habit, norm, normality, regularity, standard, usualness |
| Main Entry: | phenomenon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rare occurrence; wonder |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, actuality, anomaly, appearance, aspect, circumstance, curiosity, episode, event, exception, experience, fact, happening, incident, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, one for the books, paradox, peculiarity, portent, prodigy, rara avis, rarity, reality, sensation, sight, something else, spectacle, stunner, uniqueness |
| Antonyms: | normality, regularity |
| Main Entry: | prodigy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | brain*, child genius, curiosity, enormity, freak*, genius, intellect, marvel, mastermind, miracle, monster, natural, one in a million, phenomenon, portent, rare bird, rarity, sensation, spectacle, stunner, talent, whiz kid, whiz*, wizard, wonder, wonder child, wunderkind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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