as in intruders
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
that busybody across the street is always telling me how to tend to my own garden
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Recent Examples of busybodies
Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for busybodies
Noun
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Churchgoers can be seen either fleeing the sanctuary, sitting frozen in their seats or trying to reason with the intruders.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Churchgoers can be seen either fleeing the sanctuary, sitting frozen in their seats or trying to reason with the intruders.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hometown gossips and lonely girls to the front.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Internet gossips are increasingly spreading unfounded rumors that the couple is in distress.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025
Noun
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One worker joined the FBI and made a career in counterintelligence, sniffing out Chinese spies.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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Desperate to learn what happened, the pair volunteers to become spies in Moscow themselves.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Owing to its wealth, the county had caught the attention of political interlopers in the past.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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The viewer has long since started to wonder why Farr didn’t set his sights on another Le Carré yarn, or simply started fresh in Colombia without the need for British interlopers.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
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