Synonyms for officious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Meddlesome
meddlesome, intrusive, meddling, busy, impertinent, obtrusive, forward
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
Related words
- Word family
- officiousness
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The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- busy This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
- intrusive Miroslav apologized for being intrusive at the beginning.
- meddling Tom is always meddling in other people's business.
- meddlesome She's a meddlesome old gossip.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| officious | rising | |
| busy | rising | |
| intrusive | steady | |
| meddling | rising | |
| meddlesome | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- busy2
- 7 letters
- forward2, pushing2
- 8 letters
- meddling3
- 9 letters
- intrusive3, obtrusive3
- 10 letters
- meddlesome3
- 11 letters
- impertinent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (busy2 = 2 syllables).