Converse of object

• arouse: Violet's curiosity now aroused, things were to get even stranger.

• pique: I wanted a name that would pique the curiosity of my perspective audience.

• awaken: He hadn't been there in years, but the old memory had awakened a curiosity, he felt pulled in that direction.

• excite: This condition will surely excite the curiosity of our structural engineers.

• satisfy: Simply to satisfy the intellectual curiosity of the members of one sentient species at the expense of the lives of others?

• stimulate: Religion can help to give meaning to life for many and we aim to stimulate the curiosity of our students with regard to religion.

Converse of subject

• drive: For me, this project was mostly driven by academic curiosity.

Adjective modifier

• morbid: Each new piece of film fed our morbid curiosity, our deep rooted desire to see what actually happened.

• insatiable: Not a pebble of the ground, to the foliage of the highest branches, escapes the insatiable curiosity of this vigilant settler.

• idle: Why should our family calamity be made the topic of idle curiosity?

• innate: Jack and Chandra have taught her many combat and technical skills, with her innate curiosity filling in the gaps.

• intellectual: Simply to satisfy the intellectual curiosity of the members of one sentient species at the expense of the lives of others?

• mere: The view here is that the " aware " researcher invests more than mere intellectual curiosity into the subject of his or her research.

Modifies a noun

• seeker: The wharves of Brooklyn, and every part of New York bordering the East River, were crowded with curiosity seekers.

• shop: Browse the familiar High Street stores mingled with more unusual curiosity shops.

Noun used with modifier

• burning: Too many sites rely on visitors ' burning curiosity to explore and figure it out.

Possessives

• sake: I shewed him the letter, and he advised me to accede to her request, if only for curiosity's sake.

Possessives

• reader: There should be enough material here to merit all readers ' curiosity!

Preposition: of

• wit: For peradventure this stirring cometh more of a natural curiosity of wit, than of any calling of grace.

• age: Also new this year are nine new products designed to address the developmental needs and curiosity of busy toddlers ages 18 to 36 months.