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| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense desire to know, understand |
| Synonyms: | concern, eagerness, interest, investigation, meddling, prying, questioning, regard, searching, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interestingness, intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, officiousness, snoopiness, snooping, thirst for knowledge |
| Antonyms: | indifference, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd item |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, bibelot, bygone, conversation piece, curio, exoticism, freak, knickknack, marvel, monstrosity, nonesuch, objet d'art, oddity, peculiar object, prodigy, rarity, singular object, trinket, unusual object, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normality |
| Main Entry: | geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person; computer expert |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, curiosity, dolt, freak, goon, guru, nerd, weirdo, computer specialist, dork, techie |
| 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, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, sensation, whiz, one for the books, something else, stunner |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
| 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, paradox, peculiarity, portent, prodigy, rarity, reality, sensation, sight, spectacle, one for the books, rara avis, something else, stunner, uniqueness |
| Antonyms: | normality, regularity |
| Main Entry: | prodigy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | brain*, curiosity, enormity, freak*, genius, intellect, marvel, mastermind, miracle, monster, natural, phenomenon, portent, rare bird*, rarity, sensation, spectacle, talent, whiz*, whiz kid*, wizard, wonder, child genius, one in a million, stunner, wonder child, wunderkind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something saved from the past |
| Synonyms: | antique, antiquity, curio, curiosity, evidence, fragment, heirloom, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, remains, remembrance, reminder, remnant, residue, ruins, scrap, souvenir, survival, testimonial, token, trace, trophy, vestige, archaism, artifact, remembrancer |
| Main Entry: | spectacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something showy; exhibition |
| Synonyms: | comedy, curiosity, demonstration, display, drama, event, exposition, extravaganza, marvel, movie, pageant, parade, performance, phenomenon, play, production, representation, scene, show, sight, spectacular, tableau, view, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinariness |
| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something amazing; state of amazement |
| Synonyms: | amazement, astonishment, attack, awe, bewilderment, consternation, curiosity, disappointment, disillusion, fortune, godsend*, incredulity, jolt*, kick*, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, portent, precipitation, prodigy, rarity, revelation, shock, start, stupefaction, unexpected, unforeseen, whammy*, wonder, wonderment, abruptness, astoundment, bombshell, curveball, epiphany, eureka, eye-opener, miscalculation, precipitance, precipitousness, suddenness, thunderbolt* |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wonderment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | astonishment |
| Synonyms: | amazement, awe, bewilderment, curiosity, fascination, marvel, shock, surprise, wonder, astoundment, stunner |
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo*, miscreation, misshape |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinary, regular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oddity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abnormality |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, characteristic, curiosity, eccentricity, freak, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, irregularity, kink, peculiarity, phenomenon, quirk, rarity, strangeness, bizarreness, conversation piece, extraordinariness, freakishness, oddness, outlandishness, queerness, singularity, unconventionality, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | convention, habit, norm, normality, regularity, standard, usualness |
| Main Entry: | regard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention, look |
| Synonyms: | care, cognizance, concern, consciousness, curiosity, gaze, glance, heed, interest, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, once-over*, remark, scrutiny, stare, view, carefulness, interestedness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignorance, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
| Synonyms: | admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, concern, confusion, consternation, curiosity, doubt, fascination, fear, incredulity, jar, jolt, perturbation, reverence, shock, skepticism, start, stupefaction, stupor, surprise, suspicion, uncertainty, wondering, wonderment, marveling, perplexity, puzzlement |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affection, good opinion |
| Synonyms: | account, appreciation, approbation, approval, attachment, care, concern, consideration, curiosity, deference, devotion, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, homage, honor, interest, liking, love, note, opinion, reputation, respect, reverence, satisfaction, store, sympathy, thought, value, veneration, worship, cherishing, interestedness, prizing, repute, valuing |
| Antonyms: | dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate |
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is amazing |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, curiosity, freak, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, oddity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, sensation, sight, spectacle, wonderment, cynosure, rara avis, stunner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | phenomenon |
| Synonyms: | curio, curiosity, gem, treasure, wonder, one of a kind |
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