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
In a rural community like this, are new arrivals nearly always going to be seen as interlopers by locals?
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
While drifting through his revelatory trip, Sergio tentatively makes friends and lovers, talks to people who either embrace or abhor the possible project, and falls into conversations and confrontations about his place in this world: friend or interloper, lover or enemy?
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
But its recurring theme — Ed as a jealous interloper undermining owner Wilbur Post’s domestic life — can be read as a surreal meditation on masculinity, autonomy and repression in suburban America.
—Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
This generalization should hold for interstellar interlopers as well.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 July 2025
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
While drifting through his revelatory trip, Sergio tentatively makes friends and lovers, talks to people who either embrace or abhor the possible project, and falls into conversations and confrontations about his place in this world: friend or interloper, lover or enemy?
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
But its recurring theme — Ed as a jealous interloper undermining owner Wilbur Post’s domestic life — can be read as a surreal meditation on masculinity, autonomy and repression in suburban America.
—Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
This generalization should hold for interstellar interlopers as well.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interloper
intruder
Noun
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The natural world is unforgiving to intruders.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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If God forbid anything ever happened where an intruder comes into our school, our district doesn't lock up the phones.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Interloper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interloper. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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