nosy

Meaning of nosy

adjective
  1. showing too much curiosity about other people's affairs.
    nosy neighbours
    stop being so nosy!
verb
  1. pry into something.
    they don't nosy into your business like some people

early 17th century (in the sense ‘having a prominent nose’): from nose + -y1.

Information about nosy

  • The plural form of nosy is: nosies.
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Hyphenation of nosy

nosy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • nosy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

nosy synonyms

Meaning nosey:

nosey, prying, snoopy

Meaning unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying:

inquisitive

Meaning expressing curiosity:

curious

Meaning a meddling or prying person:

busybody

Meaning inquiring closely into something; searching:

probing

Meaning work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors:

spying

Meaning secretly listen to a conversation:

eavesdropping

Meaning causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited:

intrusive

Meaning relating to or engaged in a furtive attempt to find out information about someone's private affairs:

snooping

Meaning overly inquisitive; nosy:

nebby

Anagrams of nosy

noys, Sony

Words that rhyme with nosy

arabinopyranosy, ribofuranosy, aerognosy, agnosy, astrognosy, craniognosy, geognosy, hydrognosy, nephelognosy, oryctognosy, pharmacognosy, psychognosy, stereocognosy, monosy

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