busybody

busy·body

noun \ˈbi-zē-ˌbä-dē\

Definition of BUSYBODY

: an officious or inquisitive person

Examples of BUSYBODY

1. The neighborhood busybody is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.
2. <that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden>

First Known Use of BUSYBODY

1526

Related to BUSYBODY

Synonyms: buttinsky (also buttinski), interferer, interloper, intermeddler, intruder, kibitzer (also kibbitzer), meddler, nosey parker [chiefly British]

Related Words: gaper, gawker, gawper [chiefly British], gazer, peeper, peeping Tom, prier (also pryer), rubberneck, rubbernecker, snoop, snooper, spy; blabber, discloser, gossip, gossiper, prattler, quidnunc, revealer, teller; betrayer, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale; snake, sneak; informant, informer, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon

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Rhymes with BUSYBODY

antibody, anybody, disembody, Irrawaddy, out-of-body, student body, underbody