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
An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.
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Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
One 2009 estimate showed that removing the hundreds of thousands of these interlopers in the lower Colorado basin could bring 1 million acre-feet of water back to the watershed.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Most genocides begin with extraordinarily compelling stories—ones that transform neighbors and friends into interlopers, invaders, infections, and infestations.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 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
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
Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
One 2009 estimate showed that removing the hundreds of thousands of these interlopers in the lower Colorado basin could bring 1 million acre-feet of water back to the watershed.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Most genocides begin with extraordinarily compelling stories—ones that transform neighbors and friends into interlopers, invaders, infections, and infestations.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 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
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
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.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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These mechanical quadrupeds, made by the likes of Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics, can patrol premises, scanning the perimeter for intruders, spies, and other ne’er-do-wells, and sound the alarm when holes in fences or other suspicious things are detected.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Interlopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlopers. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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