| Main Entry: | meddlesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interfering |
Synonyms: |
busy, busybody, chiseling, curious, encumbering, hindering, impeding, impertinent, intermeddling, interposing, interrupting, intruding, intrusive, kibitzing, meddling, mischievous, nosy, obstructive, officious, prying, pushy, snooping, snoopy, tampering, troublesome |
Antonyms: |
avoiding, dodging, ignorant |
| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nosy, impertinent |
Synonyms: |
butting in, curious, forward, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nebby, obtrusive, officious, prying, pushy, snoopy, stirring, troublesome |
| Main Entry: | curious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring knowledge, understanding |
Synonyms: |
analytical, disquisitive, examining, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitive, inspecting, interested, interfering, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peeping, peering, prurient, prying, puzzled, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, snoopy, tampering |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, incurious, indifferent, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | impertinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, brash, brassy, brazen, contumelious, discourteous, disgracious, flip*, forward, fresh, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate, incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, interfering, intrusive, lippy, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base, offensive, out of line, pert, presumptuous, procacious, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, smart alecky, uncalled-for, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable |
Antonyms: |
kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful |
| Main Entry: | inquisitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious |
Synonyms: |
analytical, big-eyed, challenging, forward, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitorial, interested, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peering, personal, poking, presumptuous, probing, prying, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, sifting, snooping, speculative |
Antonyms: |
incurious, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | intrusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obtrusive |
Synonyms: |
forward, interfering, invasive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, presumptuous, protruding, prying |
| Main Entry: | nosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious; prying |
Synonyms: |
eavesdropping, inquisitive, inquisitorial, inquisitory, interested, interfering, intermeddling, intrusive, meddlesome, personal, searching, snooping, snoopy |
Antonyms: |
indifferent, uncaring, unconcerned, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | obtrusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pushy, obvious |
Synonyms: |
bulging, busy, forward, impertinent, importunate, interfering, intrusive, jutting, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, noticeable, officious, presumptuous, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, prying, sticking out |
Antonyms: |
modest, shy, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | officious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-important, dictatorial |
Synonyms: |
busy, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, opinionated, overzealous, pragmatic, pushy, rude |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
Antonyms: |
modest, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | saucy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful |
Synonyms: |
arch, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky*, combative, contumelious, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, smart, smart-alecky, smug, snippy, volatile, weisenheiming, wise |
Antonyms: |
kind, polite, respectful |