as in intruder
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 busybody
Even today, the vast majority of parents, educators, legislators, and other busybodies think teens and kids in general are spending too much time on TikTok, on Instagram Reels, on YouTube Shorts, on social media, on devices, on screens, and online.
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Philip Maymin, Forbes.com, 21 Feb. 2026
There's just something delightful about Anya Taylor-Joy's take on the meddling, busybody heroine Emma and Johnny Flynn's swoony Mr. Knightley!
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
The busybody neighbor was hilarious.
—Marisa Silver
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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Philip Maymin, Forbes.com, 21 Feb. 2026
There's just something delightful about Anya Taylor-Joy's take on the meddling, busybody heroine Emma and Johnny Flynn's swoony Mr. Knightley!
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
The busybody neighbor was hilarious.
—Marisa Silver
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for busybody
Noun
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The hope is that would-be intruders think twice.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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Would Digger himself be a welcome intruder in two weeks at a Prada reunion?—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.—
Michelle A. Williams,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The House sent its three-year extension of section 702 to the Senate on Wednesday, which included oversight guardrails and penalties for abuses of the spy program.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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Having played British spies, lords, WWII fighters pilots and even wrestlers, Jack Lowden has now taken on his most contemporary role to date.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One involves a séance for Mary held by a mysterious interloper named Imogen (FKA Twigs), whose revelations send the singer into self-harming conniptions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Last fall’s announcement that Amazon’s Prime Video platform would be teeing up four hours of exclusive coverage of the Masters was met with a predictable show of teeth-gnashing truculence, because how dare the Augusta brass entrust a new carveout to a digital interloper?—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Linda Tripp, world-famous buttinsky , Dropped a dime on M. Lewinsky.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
30 Dec. 2020
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Rather, the story is set in motion by Kevin O’Neill (Rick Holmes), a private-equity manager and arrogant buttinsky who takes an interest in Cara.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
6 June 2018
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“Busybody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busybody. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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