Dictionary Definition
busybody n : a person who meddles in the affairs
of others [syn: nosy-parker,
nosey-parker]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Translations
someone who interferes with others
- Afrikaans: bemoeial, bemoeisieke
- Dutch: bemoeial m|f
- Finnish: touhuaja
- French: touche-à-tout m|f
- German: Wichtigtuer
- Hungarian: fontoskodó
- Irish: socadán , gliúcálaí
- Italian: intrigante m|f, ficcanaso m|f
- Russian: проныра (pronýra) m|f
- Spanish: metiche
- Thai: (jâo-gêe-jâo-gaan)
- Vietnamese: người bao biện
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale-bearing animal,
backseat driver, butt in, butt-in, buttinsky, eavesdropper, fool, gossip, gossip columnist,
gossiper, gossipmonger, horn in,
informer, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, interfere, interlope, intermeddler, kibitzer, make, meddler, monkey with, mouse, newsmonger, newspaperman, nose, nosy Parker, peeper, poke, pragmatic, pragmatist, prier, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, reporter, rubber, rubberneck, rubbernecker, rumormonger, scandalmonger, scopophiliac, sightseer, snook, snoop, snooper, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tamper with,
tattler, tattletale, telltale, tittle-tattler,
voyeur, yenta