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busybody

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of busybody

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

Synonyms of busybody

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

Words Related to busybody

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

informant, informer, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon

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