Synonyms of intervening

intervening

verb

present participle of intervene

as in interfering

to act as a go-between for opposing sides

intervened in the argument before any real harm was done

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interfering
• mediating
• interceding
• interposing
• intermediating
• negotiating
• meddling
• intruding
• moderating
• arbitrating
• snooping
• prying
• invading
• obtruding
• breaking (in)
• refereeing
• bothering
• infringing
• butting in
• cutting in
• trespassing
• barging (in)
• chiming in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• standing by
• ignoring
• disregarding
• overlooking
• eschewing
• shunning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intervening

Recognizing and treating eating disorders Recognizing eating disorders quickly and intervening early can significantly improve outcomes and reduce time spent in illness. — Erin Harrop, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

The discussion included who is voting, whether votes are being tabulated correctly, voter suppression tactics, the risk of artificial intelligence intervening in the process, and how to ensure candidates win fairly. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Trump has repeatedly argued that the cost of not intervening in Iran would far outweigh the higher gas prices Americans are dealing with now. — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Someone who had really divested herself of personhood would simply exist without intervening in the world, the way a rock does. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Where supporters see government intervening to solve problems of everyday people struggling to afford groceries, others see a socialist mayor overreaching to take aim at a powerful symbol of America’s riches. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Google lost the case in 2023, and the intervening years have been about determining how to implement remedies to address Google’s anticompetitive behavior. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Today, the interiors read like snapshots of her tastes and interests over the intervening years. — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026

The impasse was broken only when Emperor Hirohito took the extraordinary step of personally intervening in the political decision-making process—a move virtually unprecedented in modern Japanese history—to demand Japan at last accept surrender. — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026