Thesaurus results for INTERLOPER

interloper

noun

ˌin-tər-ˈlō-pər

as in intruder

a person who meddles in the affairs of others summer residents were regarded as interlopers who had no deep commitment to the town's welfare

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Recent Examples of interloper Talarico remarked that the nasty interloper would provide good color for my story, and then recalled the time that former Governor Rick Perry had encountered a coyote while running outside Austin—and shot it dead. —

Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 Owing to its wealth, the county had caught the attention of political interlopers in the past. —

Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026 The viewer has long since started to wonder why Farr didn’t set his sights on another Le Carré yarn, or simply started fresh in Colombia without the need for British interlopers. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Jan. 2026 Most workers ignored the interloper. —

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intruder

Noun

Emphasizing the threat of being mistaken for an intruder should scare everyone into submission.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Check your seedlings daily and pinch out intruders.

— Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026