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meddler
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meddler
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who meddles |
| Synonyms: | busybody, buttinsky, kibitzer, snoop, tattletale |
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who talks a lot, spreads |
| Synonyms: | blabbermouth, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, circulator, flibbertigibbet, gossipmonger, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot, prattler, rumormonger, rumors babbler, scandalizer, scandalmonger, snoop, talebearer, tattler, telltale |
| Main Entry: | instigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublemaker |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, agitator, firebrand, hellion, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, knave, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, provocateur, punk*, rabble-rouser, ringleader, sparkplug, wise guy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interloper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who intrudes, meddles |
| Synonyms: | alien, busybody, intermeddler, intruder, meddler, obtruder, trespasser, uninvited guest, unwanted visitor |
| Main Entry: | intruder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who trespasses |
| Synonyms: | burglar, criminal, gate-crasher, infiltrator, interferer, interloper, interrupter, invader, meddler, nuisance, obtruder, prowler, raider, snooper, squatter, thief, trespasser |
| Main Entry: | snoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who noses around |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper |
| Main Entry: | troublemaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who causes a problem |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, agitator, bad actor, firebrand, gremlin, heel, hellion, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, loose cannon, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, phony*, punk*, rabble-rouser, rascal, recreant, smart aleck, snake*, stormy petrel, weasel |
| Antonyms: | peacemaker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Nosy Parker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prying person |
| Synonyms: | Paul Pry, busybody, gossip, inquisitive person, meddler, snoop, snooper, yenta |
| Main Entry: | gossipmonger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babbler, blab, blabbermouth, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, circulator, flibbertigibbet, gossiper, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot, prattler, rumormonger, scandalizer, scandalmonger, snoop, t, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler |
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