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
Chronic neuropathic pain, however, is the most unwelcome of all the interlopers.
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Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 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
Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 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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Police were racing the clock to find the intruders; experts say thieves of such treasures typically dismantle or melt down the loot, sometimes within hours, to avoid being caught.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Audrey Hepburn plays a blind woman who manages to thwart intruders by shutting off all the lights in her apartment.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Interlopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlopers. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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