snoopers

noun

plural of snooper
as in spies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoopers
  1. spies
  2. intruders
  3. interlopers
  4. busybodies
  5. meddlers
  6. rubberneckers
Noun
  • Oasis featured for the first time in a Saturday Night Live UK cold open over the weekend, with the Gallagher brothers revealing themselves as Russian spies after almost convincing Prime Minister Andy Burnham to join them.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The ruling leaves one of the country’s top tech firms branded with the kind of label once reserved for foreign companies suspected of helping spies.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of spies
Noun
  • People often talk about illnesses like cancer as intruders in the house.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • That fear is warranted, unfortunately, as more and more horror stories of intruders are coming to light.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of intruders
Noun
  • At the time, my editor and I were assuming that the fandom would be hostile to interlopers who didn’t possess the ancient knowledge of Andi self-eliminating rather than spending one more minute with Juan Pablo.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The interlopers were contrabandistas, Native Pacific Northwesterners brought by American merchants operating out of Hawaii and heading to the Mexican coast to hunt otters without a license.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
Definition of interlopers
Noun
  • Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of busybodies
Noun
  • But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of meddlers
Noun
  • Perry says the property caught the eye of several architects and rubberneckers.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The rubberneckers who gather across the street are represented by crowd noise, and at one point a handful of cops stalk down the aisles of the theater, guns pointed right at Sonny.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of rubberneckers
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“Snoopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoopers. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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