as in intruders
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 interlopers
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.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Jan. 2026
This was Hutu territory, where the M23 were interlopers.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
This is a novel and compelling scenario and offers a refreshing alternative to collisions from interplanetary interlopers explaining the destruction of a former Saturnian moon.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
The object is named for its status as one of three interstellar interlopers ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as the telescope that spotted it.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
At that point, the business forfeited its future to tech interlopers.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The town’s sole occupant, Leatherface (Mark Burnham), isn’t keen on these interlopers and their noisy party bus.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
The marine interlopers clogged the cooling water intake systems at the Gravelines facility in northern France late Sunday, triggering an automatic halt to three reactors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Jan. 2026
This was Hutu territory, where the M23 were interlopers.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
This is a novel and compelling scenario and offers a refreshing alternative to collisions from interplanetary interlopers explaining the destruction of a former Saturnian moon.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
The object is named for its status as one of three interstellar interlopers ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as the telescope that spotted it.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
At that point, the business forfeited its future to tech interlopers.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The town’s sole occupant, Leatherface (Mark Burnham), isn’t keen on these interlopers and their noisy party bus.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
The marine interlopers clogged the cooling water intake systems at the Gravelines facility in northern France late Sunday, triggering an automatic halt to three reactors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlopers
intruders
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While the Frasers keep a united front against outside intruders, family secrets finally coming to light threaten to tear them apart from the inside.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Dec. 2025
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The choice of home was also important to the movie’s central plot, as Kevin fought against the intruders.—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Interlopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlopers. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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