busybody

noun

busy·​body ˈbi-zē-ˌbä-dē 

: an officious or inquisitive person

Synonyms of busybody

• intruder
• gossiper
• meddler
• spy
• interloper
• buttinsky

Examples of busybody in a Sentence

The neighborhood busybody is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.

that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden

Recent Examples on the Web

On 227, Williams starred as Lester Jenkins, who has his own construction company in support of his busybody wife, Mary (Gibbs), and their studious daughter, Brenda (Regina King). — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Since her ballerina kindergarten years, Sukihana—the rapper, reality television star, podcaster, and soon-to-be mom of four—has been a polymathic busybody. — Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026

Advertisement For an invertebrate, Marcellus is quite the busybody. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 May 2026

Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman starred, with Ives and Madeleine Sherwood, as Brick’s busybody sister-in-law, reprising their stage roles. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for busybody

• afterbody
• antibody
• everybody
• autoantibody
• bawdy
• body
• gaudy
• khadi
• mahdi
• noddy
• oddi
• shoddy

Kids Definition

busybody

noun

busy·​body ˈbiz-ē-ˌbäd-ē 

: a person who meddles in the affairs of others