Synonyms of interfering

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adjective

as in busy

thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited

an interfering woman by nature, she was precisely the kind of mother-in-law that every new bride dreads

Synonyms & Similar Words

• busy
• intruding
• meddling
• intrusive
• officious
• meddlesome
• annoying
• obtrusive
• prying
• pushing
• nosy
• pushy
• protrusive
• rude
• presumptuous
• presuming
• snoopy
• invading
• trespassing
• insolent
• impudent
• brazen
• bumptious
• impertinent
• curious
• harassing
• inquisitive
• overbearing
• pestiferous
• bold
• superserviceable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unobtrusive
• uninvolved
• withdrawn
• silent
• quiet
• inhibited
• restrained
• retiring
• reticent
• reclusive
• reserved
• hands-off
• subdued
• taciturn

interfering

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verb

present participle of interfere

as in messing

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interfering

Verb

If this is the players insisting on this alignment, or ownership interfering in roster mechanics, this Oilers team is headed for disaster. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The terms of the restraining order will bar Gupta and his gallery from interfering at all with Longcraft’s interest in the works. — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

By preventing excess slack and eliminating interfering contours, the PBU minimizes collision risks across complex movement paths. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026

Under the law, federal officers are prohibited from interfering in elections. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026

Other kids can, too, without their parents interfering on Facebook groups. — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

In the next round of the study, five participants were given antibiotics before the poop pills, in an effort to keep their own natural gut bacteria from interfering. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

More immediately, the opinion saved Trump from facing trial for interfering in the 2020 election. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Kris Statlander stopped Hikaru Shida from interfering near the end of the match. — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026