interloping

VERB

meddle

Synonyms

STRONG

advance encroach encumber hinder impede impose infringe inquire interfere interpose intrude invade kibitz molest obtrude pry snoop tamper trespass

WEAK

abuse rights barge in break in on busybody butt in chime in come uninvited crash the gates dabble in fool with horn in intermeddle mess around mix in push in put two cents in sidewalk-superintend stick nose in worm in

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist facilitate forward help leave alone retreat withdraw yield

Example Sentences

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interloping

Many seemed to regard Leibowitz as an interloping egghead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

But announced several months after Beyoncé's win, some have seen it as a sign of discontent over her apparent interloping on the country-music space.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Sophisticated, experienced firms like Boston Beer Company hardly know what to do about the now-struggling hard-seltzer market, but Happy Dad and its interloping founders are thriving.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

It releases the Black online community from the stress of the interloping gaze from non-Black users, readjusting the idea of what Black performativity is online.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2023

Whether it were an interloping Weymouth fisherman, a cutter from Aurigny, a bisquine from Courseulle, the yacht of some nobleman, an English craft or a French one—poor or rich, mattered little.

From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo