meddling
The word “meddling” has 2 syllables: med-dling
It's pronounced as /ˈmɛdəlɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for meddling?
In the thesaurus, “meddling” has 96 synonyms and 21 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for meddling along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for meddling
- advisement
- alarm
- alert
- annoying
- answer
- assistance
- bold
- brazen
- briefing
- bumptious
- busy
- butting in
- caution
- cautioning
- coaching
- consideration
- curious
- data
- direction
- encroaching
- exhortation
- expostulation
- feedback
- fiddling
- fooling
- forewarning
- harassing
- hint
- impertinent
- impudent
- information
- infringing
- inquisitive
- insolent
- instruction
- interceding
- interference
- interfering
- interloping
- intermeddling
- interposing
- interrupting
- intervening
- intruding
- intrusive
- invading
- judgment
- kibitzing
- lecture
- lesson
- meddlesome
- meddlesomeness
- mentoring
- messing
- monkeying
- moralizing
- nosiness
- nosing
- nosy
- observation
- obtruding
- obtrusive
- officious
- overbearing
- pestiferous
- playing
- pointer
- poking
- pontificating
- preaching
- presuming
- presumptuous
- priming
- prompting
- protrusive
- prying
- pushing
- pushy
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- rude
- sermon
- snooping
- snoopy
- solution
- speech
- superserviceable
- tampering
- teaching
- thought
- tip
- trespassing
- tutoring
- urging
- verdict
- warning
Antonyms for meddling
- avoiding
- disregarding
- eschewing
- hands-off
- ignoring
- inhibited
- neglecting
- overlooking
- quiet
- reclusive
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- shunning
- silent
- subdued
- taciturn
- uninvolved
- unobtrusive
- withdrawn
Meanings of meddling
- verb
- To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
- To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
- To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
- To have sex.
- noun
- Unwanted interference.
- adjective
- That meddles.
Example Sentences
- Her constant meddling caused tension within the family.
- The manager warned employees against meddling in other departments.
- They accused the newspaper of meddling in private matters.
- His meddling made it harder to solve the problem peacefully.
- The committee discouraged outside meddling in the decision-making process.
On this page you'll find 117 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to meddling, such as: advisement, alarm, alert, annoying, answer, assistance, avoiding.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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kibbitzing
- advisement
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- coaching
- consideration
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- data
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- direction
- discussing
- exhortation
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- expostulation
- feedback
- forewarning
- gabbing
- gabbling
- gassing
- gossiping
- hint
- information
- instruction
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- jawing
- judgement
- judgment
- lecture
- lesson
- meddling
- mentoring
- moralizing
- nattering
- observation
- palavering
- pattering
- pointer
- pontificating
- prating
- prattling
- preaching
- priming
- prompting
- rapping
- rattling
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- running on
- schmoozing
- sermon
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- shooting the breeze
- solution
- speech
- talking
- talking a blue streak
- tattling
- teaching
- thought
- tip
- tutoring
- twittering
- urging
- verdict
- visiting
- warning
- yacking
- yakking
- yammering
- yapping
kibitzing
- advisement
- alarm
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- alert
- answer
- assistance
- babbling
- blabbing
- blowing smoke
- briefing
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- cackling
- caution
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- chaffering
- chattering
- chatting
- chewing the fat
- chewing the rag
- chinning
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- coaching
- consideration
- conversing
- curious
- data
- descanting
- direction
- discussing
- encumbering
- exhortation
- expatiating
- expostulation
- feedback
- forewarning
- gabbing
- gabbling
- gassing
- gossiping
- hindering
- hint
- impeding
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- information
- instruction
- interference
- intermeddling
- interposing
- interrupting
- intruding
- intrusive
- jabbering
- jawing
- judgement
- judgment
- lecture
- lesson
- meddling
- mentoring
- mischievous
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- nattering
- nosy
- observation
- obstructive
- officious
- palavering
- pattering
- pointer
- pontificating
- prating
- prattling
- preaching
- priming
- prompting
- prying
- pushy
- rapping
- rattling
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- running on
- schmoozing
- sermon
- shmoozing
- shooting the breeze
- snooping
- snoopy
- solution
- speech
- talking
- talking a blue streak
- tampering
- tattling
- teaching
- thought
- tip
- troublesome
- tutoring
- twittering
- urging
- verdict
- visiting
- warning
- yacking
- yakking
- yammering
- yapping
obtruding
- butting in
- encroaching
- fiddling
- fooling
- infringing
- interceding
- interfering
- interloping
- intermeddling
- interposing
- intervening
- intruding
- invading
- meddling
- messing
- monkeying
- nosing
- playing
- poking
- prying
- snooping
- tampering
- trespassing
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- trespassing