INTERFERING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

interfering 1 of 2

adjective

as in busy

thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited an interfering woman by nature, she was precisely the kind of mother-in-law that every new bride dreads

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interfering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of interfere

as in messing

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things

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Recent Examples of interfering

Verb

By preventing excess slack and eliminating interfering contours, the PBU minimizes collision risks across complex movement paths. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026 Under the law, federal officers are prohibited from interfering in elections. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 However, according to the report, violence is increasing in museum thefts, with thieves using instruments such as dynamite, guns, and sledgehammers to gain access to treasures and deter employees from interfering. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026 Other kids can, too, without their parents interfering on Facebook groups. — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 In the next round of the study, five participants were given antibiotics before the poop pills, in an effort to keep their own natural gut bacteria from interfering. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 More immediately, the opinion saved Trump from facing trial for interfering in the 2020 election. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Kris Statlander stopped Hikaru Shida from interfering near the end of the match. — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 In her role as well as elsewhere, Kalle downplays the explicit homophobia that might have rendered this a more simplistic allegory, making Asla less a figure of interfering jealousy than a woman who simply doesn’t want to be abandoned yet again. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfering

Adjective

In Yellowstone, elk are bugling during the rut, while bison, moose, and bears are busy ahead of winter.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
London Heathrow only slipped by one place to second, with potential connections on the busiest day of operations between September 2025 and August 2026 falling by 6% compared to the year before.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of busy

Verb

An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
Cady had injected some narcotic into a Georgia peach to knock Natalie out ahead of his confrontation with Crystal on the houseboat, but Ray snooping around on the Bowdens’s behalf led to this deadly improvisation.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of snooping

Verb

One of the most iconic fall looks is a pair of tall boots with a knit sock poking over the top.

— Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Even Watford’s mascot got involved, standing behind one of the goalposts ahead of the game and poking its head out with a binocular gesture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of poking

Verb

One remaining challenge is to make a DNA computer that is energetically favorable, stable, reliable, and doesn’t require intervening tweaks and top-ups to arrive at a result.

— Mike McRae September 22, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026
Kopple has made many other documentaries in intervening years – on actor Gregory Peck, singer Sharon Jones, and country band the Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks), among others.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026