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

One remaining challenge is to make a DNA computer that is energetically favorable, stable, reliable, and doesn’t require intervening tweaks and top-ups to arrive at a result. — Mike McRae 22, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

Kopple has made many other documentaries in intervening years – on actor Gregory Peck, singer Sharon Jones, and country band the Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks), among others. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

OpenAI and other companies have taken to publishing statistics demonstrating that their chatbots are making gains in terms of intervening with distressed users in appropriate ways. — Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Trump administration members have argued the Fed ought not to intervene on the economy now, saying there is a tradition of the Fed not intervening ahead of midterm elections. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

So many of his former team-mates have left the club in the intervening period and yet the 29-year-old remains, one of the last links to an era that has been moved away from at pace. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt was ejected by plate umpire Manny Gonzalez in the fifth after intervening in a dispute between Gonzalez and Hedges. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Because the information does not travel across the intervening space, there is no chance it will get lost. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

What changed over the intervening decade was a region-wide policy shift toward renewables and the effect those policies had on energy investment, the report says. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026