Synonyms of intervenes

intervenes

verb

present tense third-person singular of intervene

as in interferes

to act as a go-between for opposing sides

intervened in the argument before any real harm was done

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interferes
• intercedes
• mediates
• interposes
• intrudes
• intermediates
• negotiates
• meddles
• obtrudes
• arbitrates
• invades
• pries
• snoops
• moderates
• breaks (in)
• bothers
• butts in
• infringes
• cuts in
• trespasses
• referees
• chimes in
• barges (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• ignores
• stands by
• disregards
• overlooks
• shuns
• eschews

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intervenes

The threshold in such circumstances should be much higher, so the VAR only intervenes if the challenge merits a yellow or red card. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Patients answer clinical questions, and if cleared, prescriptions go directly to pharmacies; otherwise, a human doctor intervenes. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

He gets washed up on the shores of the island Ogygia, where Calypso takes him captive as her lover until Hermes intervenes. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Athena eventually intervenes and convinces Zeus to mandate that Odysseus be set free to resume his journey home. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026

The group also monitors the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s actions and intervenes in cases on behalf of consumers. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026

Both the governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Education emphasized that the state intervenes to ensure students are safe and taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026

The system models a user’s neural state moment by moment and intervenes at exactly the right phase of ongoing brain activity. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

As the officer is pinned down, one person repeatedly punches her in the head while another appears to strike her with an unidentified object before a second officer intervenes. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026