meddlesome | Definition of meddlesome

Synonyms and Antonyms of meddlesome

thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited

meddlesome neighbors kept asking the couple when they were going to have children

Synonyms of meddlesome

busy, interfering, intruding, intrusive, meddling, nosy (or nosey), obtrusive, officious, presuming, presumptuous, protrusive, prying, pushing, pushy, snoopy

Words Related to meddlesome

bold, brazen, bumptious, impertinent, impudent, insolent, rude

invading, trespassing

curious, inquisitive

annoying, harassing, pestiferous

overbearing, superserviceable

Near Antonyms of meddlesome

quiet, reclusive, reserved, reticent, retiring, silent, taciturn, withdrawn

inhibited, restrained, subdued

Antonyms of meddlesome