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also kibbitzer
as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
a nosy kibitzer who always knows who is dating whom
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Recent Examples of kibitzer
At times, a dozen kibitzers looked on.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 Dec. 2025
Still, there are boundaries to keep the kibitzers out of the law library, operating room and locker room so the experts can get the job done.
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Karla L. Miller,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Feb. 2023
Still, there are boundaries to keep the kibitzers out of the law library, operating room and locker room so the experts can get the job done.
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Karla L. Miller,
Washington Post,
23 Feb. 2023
These two teamed up on morning radio in 1946 to invent the celebrity-interview talk show, featuring a gamut of guests from Hollywood mermaid Esther Williams to kibitzer-to-presidents Bernard Baruch.
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Edward Kosner,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2022
The problem is partly a failure to appreciate that the Radicals were kibitzers, as many legislators are.
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Andrew Ferguson,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2020
Though all of Mr. Nelson’s Rhinebeck plays have featured strong female characters, in this one, he more or less turns the stage over to them entirely (though Mr. Sanders, wonderful as always, is a gallant kibitzer).
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Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2016
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Dec. 2025
Still, there are boundaries to keep the kibitzers out of the law library, operating room and locker room so the experts can get the job done.
—
Karla L. Miller,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Feb. 2023
Still, there are boundaries to keep the kibitzers out of the law library, operating room and locker room so the experts can get the job done.
—
Karla L. Miller,
Washington Post,
23 Feb. 2023
These two teamed up on morning radio in 1946 to invent the celebrity-interview talk show, featuring a gamut of guests from Hollywood mermaid Esther Williams to kibitzer-to-presidents Bernard Baruch.
—
Edward Kosner,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2022
The problem is partly a failure to appreciate that the Radicals were kibitzers, as many legislators are.
—
Andrew Ferguson,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2020
Though all of Mr. Nelson’s Rhinebeck plays have featured strong female characters, in this one, he more or less turns the stage over to them entirely (though Mr. Sanders, wonderful as always, is a gallant kibitzer).
—
Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kibitzer
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After what was initially reported as a home intruder, police found a 10-foot alligator swimming in the pool, PEOPLE previously reported.
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Which had been locked by the emergency intruder alert.
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Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
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Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
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Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.
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The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
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In fact, the NFLPA filed an amicus brief effectively against Clarett, portraying him as an interloper of sorts.
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Later, a gray squirrel expressed its displeasure at an interloper disrupting its peace.
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Advertisement For an invertebrate, Marcellus is quite the busybody.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman starred, with Ives and Madeleine Sherwood, as Brick’s busybody sister-in-law, reprising their stage roles.
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Russia is essentially trying to build a closed, spy-friendly, domestic version of the Internet.
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Brown and Harbour are set to star in and executive produce an upcoming spy drama show from A24 that has received a straight-to-series order at Netflix.
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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“Kibitzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kibitzer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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