as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
a meddler who stayed up all night watching the neighbors
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Recent Examples of meddler
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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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
—Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
—Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meddler
Noun
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Their sons called 911 and said their parents were killed by intruders.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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In the case of Close Encounters, this happens at a base camp at Devils Tower, Wyoming, where a group of scientists (and a couple of intruders) has direct contact with an alien race.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Advertisement For an invertebrate, Marcellus is quite the busybody.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
8 May 2026
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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.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Big tech and corporate spies Grady’s stewardship of state money has been questioned in the past.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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To get into 1970s Moscow spy mode as Twila, Richardson joined forces on a thrifting expedition with costume designer Anastasia Magoutas.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Both Nanjiani’s castmates, and Davies and Horne, ribbed him as a famous Hollywood interloper on their little show, and that label stuck in a way that seemed to limit his gameplay and constrain the show’s own sense of humor.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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But pretty soon the two interlopers into this small, grudge-holding but tight-knit community — the kind where, going back generations, everybody not only knows but is mightily resentful of everyone else’s business — develop a kind of outsider kinship.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Meddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meddler. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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