Synonyms of encroached

encroached

verb

past tense of encroach

as in crept

to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits

each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crept
• invaded
• snaked
• inched
• wormed
• sneaked
• intruded
• impinged
• infringed
• entrenched
• overstepped
• overreached
• overshot
• overran
• overpassed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encroached

The buzzer sounded and Banchero encroached on Johnson’s space before Dyson Daniels and Onyeka Okongwu tried to break them apart. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026

However, the brand’s initial dominance has gradually waned, according to insiders, as competing brands have encroached on Fenty Beauty’s market share. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Wildfires encroached on major European cities, a once unthinkable threat. — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

But gambling, for me, encroached on parts of my life that had not, until recently, felt like transactions. — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2026

In what his dad (Ed Harris) calls the decline of humanity, the club is being encroached on by pickleballers clamoring for more courts. — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

But the somatosensory cortex, the touch cortex, has like encroached upon it. — Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

But the judges who dissented agreed with advocates who have argued that the law was vague and encroached on their First Amendment rights. — Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

Stark said developers have encroached on her community in Chandler. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026