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buttinsky

noun

variants: also buttinski

Synonyms and Antonyms of buttinsky

a person who meddles in the affairs of others

there's always some buttinsky who has to tell you there's a better way to do whatever you're doing

Synonyms of buttinsky

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

Words Related to buttinsky

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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