snoop

[snoop] / snup /

NOUN

person who noses around

Synonyms

STRONG

busybody detective eavesdropper ferret gumshoe meddler quidnunc scout sleuth snooper

WEAK

butt-in peeping Tom pryer

VERB

nose around

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intrude peep

STRONG

busybody interfere meddle mouse nose peek peer poke pry snook spy stare

WEAK

mess with poke one's nose in / into

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore leave alone

WEAK

neglect

Example Sentences

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I shouldn’t snoop, but Aunt Melissa did ask me to get the mail.

From Literature

“I offered to help. I’m supposed to be organizing and repacking everything, but I guess what I’m doing mostly is snooping.”

From Literature

Instead, I decided to snoop through all of his personal belongings in our room.

From Literature

Not in a way that would make Coal worried that she was angry he’d been snooping.

From Literature

Plus a newspaper is just the thing for a snoop like her.

From Literature