Synonyms of snooping

snooping

verb

present participle of snoop

as in interfering

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interfering
• messing
• poking
• meddling
• prying
• intruding
• intervening
• intermeddling
• nosing
• obtruding
• interloping
• invading
• butting in
• tampering
• mucking (about or around)
• encroaching
• fooling
• trespassing
• infringing
• interceding
• fiddling
• interposing
• playing
• monkeying
• chiseling (in)
• barging (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• ignoring
• shunning
• neglecting
• eschewing
• disregarding
• overlooking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snooping

Its biggest selling point is the brand-new Privacy Display feature, which can dim screen visibility from the side and make snooping nearly impossible. — Nitish Pahwa, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you. — New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026

Cady had injected some narcotic into a Georgia peach to knock Natalie out ahead of his confrontation with Crystal on the houseboat, but Ray snooping around on the Bowdens’s behalf led to this deadly improvisation. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Her mother has become a fan but didn’t start out that way, unaware her high school had a soccer team until Garbowski went snooping in an old yearbook. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

Besides the risk of Oracle snooping into your business, there’s also the possibility of regulatory capture — that is, because Ellison is so tight with the Trumps, what remains of the government watchdogs won’t stop it. — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026

When Sonny eventually passes out, Chee starts doing some snooping around. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026

Thornton, a vice president of strategic communications who has worked downtown for 17 years, including a decade with AIMCLEAR, was no stranger to snooping on behalf of his colleagues and his employer. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025

But snooping signals a lack of trust. — Dr. Cortney Warren, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025