Synonyms for intervene
Definitions
- v. 1
To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
The police had to be called to intervene in the fight.
Related words
- Word family
- intervenor intervention
Forms
- Past participle
- intervened
e.g. intervened → interfered, interposed, mediated, meddled…
Example sentences
- interfere Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
- mediate Interpreters mediate between different cultures.
- meddle He has no right to meddle in our family's problems.
- interrupt I don't want to interrupt Tom while he's speaking.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1, pass1
- 6 letters
- hinder2, meddle2, elapse2
- 7 letters
- inhibit3, mediate3
- 9 letters
- interfere3, interrupt3, interject3, interpose3
- 10 letters
- interlapse
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hinder2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intervenir
- Italiano
- intervenire
- Deutsch
- einschreiten