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
Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Jemma is a confident woman who has an air of big city and is the town’s busybody.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Of course, his message doesn't get across to everybody, and plenty see Klaatu as an interstellar busybody.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025
The first week of June feels restless, as busybody Mars rouses chatty Mercury on June 5.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Jemma is a confident woman who has an air of big city and is the town’s busybody.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Of course, his message doesn't get across to everybody, and plenty see Klaatu as an interstellar busybody.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025
The first week of June feels restless, as busybody Mars rouses chatty Mercury on June 5.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for busybody
Noun
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Three fans running onto the pitch simultaneously creates a security challenge that a single intruder doesn’t.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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Security guards caught up with the intruder and tackled him, bringing both the fan and Messi to the ground.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 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
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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
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According to our spy photographer, these are indeed a Maserati Gran Cabrio Folgore and Gran Turismo Trofeo as their respective exterior treatments imply.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
5 Mar. 2026
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The English actor was a relatively unknown commodity on this side of the pond but became a brilliant revelation for his role in the Cold War thriller as a quiet, older Brooklyn man arrested for being a Soviet spy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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The interloper into our cosmic neighborhood came from the general direction of the constellation Sagittarius, where the central region of our Milky Way galaxy is located.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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The interloper into our cosmic neighborhood came from the general direction of the constellation Sagittarius, where the central region of our Milky Way galaxy is located.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
26 Feb. 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 7 Mar. 2026.
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