INTERFERING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

interfering 1 of 2

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

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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

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Recent Examples of interfering

Verb

Under the law, federal officers are prohibited from interfering in elections. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 However, according to the report, violence is increasing in museum thefts, with thieves using instruments such as dynamite, guns, and sledgehammers to gain access to treasures and deter employees from interfering. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 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 In her role as well as elsewhere, Kalle downplays the explicit homophobia that might have rendered this a more simplistic allegory, making Asla less a figure of interfering jealousy than a woman who simply doesn’t want to be abandoned yet again. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026 Trump recently accused China of interfering in the 2018 and 2020 elections during a primetime address. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfering

Adjective

Then, the Iran war started, resulting in massive disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, once one of the world's busiest oil-shipping lanes.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Palacios brings plenty to Ipswich with and without the ball, the statement signing in a busy window who could go a long way to keeping them up.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of busy

Verb

An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
Cady had injected some narcotic into a Georgia peach to knock Natalie out ahead of his confrontation with Crystal on the houseboat, but Ray snooping around on the Bowdens’s behalf led to this deadly improvisation.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of snooping

Verb

Seething at his dad for poking at his body insecurities, the comedian dealt with his emotions like any good millennial — by podcasting about it.

— Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Wear the fall wardrobe staple layered, like Brinkley did under a cardigan with the lace poking through, or style it on its own when the weather is a little warmer.

— Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of poking

Verb

What changed over the intervening decade was a region-wide policy shift toward renewables and the effect those policies had on energy investment, the report says.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
However, relations between Turkey and Haftar markedly improved in the intervening years.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026