| meddlesome | | |
| adj. | 1. busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" |
| ~ intrusive | tending to intrude (especially upon privacy).; "she felt her presence there was intrusive" |
| interloper | | |
| n. (person) | 1. interloper, intruder, trespasser | someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission. |
| ~ unwelcome person, persona non grata | a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome. |
| ~ boarder | someone who forces their way aboard ship.; "stand by to repel boarders" |
| ~ entrant | someone who enters.; "new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures" |
| ~ crasher, gatecrasher, unwelcome guest | someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying. |
| ~ infiltrator | an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent. |
| ~ encroacher, invader | someone who enters by force in order to conquer. |
| ~ penetrator | an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance). |
| ~ prowler, sneak, stalker | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions. |
| ~ pusher, thruster | one who intrudes or pushes himself forward. |
| ~ squatter | someone who settles on land without right or title. |
| ~ stranger, alien, unknown | anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. |
| kibitzer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. kibitzer | (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others. |
| ~ yiddish | a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script. |
| ~ meddler | an officious annoying person who interferes with others. |
| kibitz | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. kibbitz, kibitz | make unwanted and intrusive comments. |
| ~ comment, point out, remark, notice | make or write a comment on.; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
| meddle | | |
| v. (social) | 1. meddle, tamper | intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" |
| ~ intervene, step in, interfere, interpose | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" |
| pry | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge. |
| ~ jim crow | a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails. |
| ~ jemmy, jimmy | a short crowbar.; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy" |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| v. (contact) | 2. jimmy, lever, prise, prize, pry | to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.; "The burglar jimmied the lock"; "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" |
| ~ loosen, loose | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ open, open up | cause to open or to become open.; "Mary opened the car door" |
| v. (communication) | 3. pry | be nosey.; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" |
| ~ ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| v. (perception) | 4. horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry | search or inquire in a meddlesome way.; "This guy is always nosing around the office" |
| ~ search, look | search or seek.; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
| v. (creation) | 5. prise, pry | make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.; "They pried the information out of him" |
| ~ wring from, extort | get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner. |
| tamper | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. tamp, tamper, tamping bar | a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.). |
| ~ stemmer | a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| v. (contact) | 2. fiddle, monkey, tamper | play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| include | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, comprise, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ involve | contain as a part.; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" |
| ~ subsume | contain or include.; "This new system subsumes the old one" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| ~ count | include as if by counting.; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" |
| ~ colligate, subsume | consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle. |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ carry | include, as on a list.; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
| v. (change) | 3. include | add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.; "We must include this chemical element in the group" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (social) | 4. admit, include, let in | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ admit, take on, accept, take | admit into a group or community.; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
| ~ induct, initiate | accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite.; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" |
| ~ readmit | admit again or anew.; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
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