Synonyms for invade
Definitions
- v. 1
To move into.
Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
- v. 2
To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
Related words
- Word family
- invader
Forms
- Past participle
- invaded
e.g. invaded → infested, occupied, encroached, intruded…
Example sentences
- occupy Algeria's massive protests occupy every front page.
- encroach A good salesman will not encroach on his customer's time.
- attack The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
- enter What is the reason you want to enter this college?
By length
- 5 letters
- enter2
- 6 letters
- attack2, occupy3, trench1, infest2, inroad2
- 7 letters
- intrude2
- 8 letters
- trespass2, infringe2, encroach2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enter2 = 2 syllables).