buttinsky

noun

bə-ˈdin-skē How to pronounce buttinsky (audio)
variants also buttinski
Definition of buttinskynext
as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others there's always some buttinsky who has to tell you there's a better way to do whatever you're doing

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Recent Examples of buttinsky Rather, the story is set in motion by Kevin O’Neill (Rick Holmes), a private-equity manager and arrogant buttinsky who takes an interest in Cara. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttinsky
  1. intruder
  2. busybody
  3. interloper
  4. spy
  5. gossiper
  6. meddler
Noun
  • Emergency teams who searched the airport grounds didn't find the vehicle or any intruder on site, the agency reported.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Inglis cautions against assumptions that AI necessarily makes an organization more vulnerable to outside intruders.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of intruder
Noun
  • On 227, Williams starred as Lester Jenkins, who has his own construction company in support of his busybody wife, Mary (Gibbs), and their studious daughter, Brenda (Regina King).
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
  • Since her ballerina kindergarten years, Sukihana—the rapper, reality television star, podcaster, and soon-to-be mom of four—has been a polymathic busybody.
    — Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of busybody
Noun
  • In other words, not one sleek, contemporary interloper to be found.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But Bernardez eventually earned acceptance by establishing himself as someone who was committed to the neighborhood, not an interloper.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of interloper
Noun
  • Weeks before the shootdown, the spies allegedly reported on the naval airbase in Key West and were told to transmit Brothers to the Rescue flight data back to the Cuban authorities.
    — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • His sixth great-grandfather was a spy in the Revolutionary War.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of spy
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of gossiper
Noun
  • Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
    — Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Definition of meddler

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“Buttinsky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttinsky. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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