Thesaurus results for INTERLOPER

interloper

noun

ˌin-tər-ˈlō-pər

as in intruder

a person who meddles in the affairs of others summer residents were regarded as interlopers who had no deep commitment to the town's welfare

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Recent Examples of interloper The interloper — whether male or female — is allowed to stay. —

Ari Daniel, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026 An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away. —

Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026 One 2009 estimate showed that removing the hundreds of thousands of these interlopers in the lower Colorado basin could bring 1 million acre-feet of water back to the watershed. —

Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026 The interloper into our cosmic neighborhood came from the general direction of the constellation Sagittarius, where the central region of our Milky Way galaxy is located. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interloper

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intruder

Noun

There were allegations — none of them substantiated — that might have supported Ted's original claim about intruders.

— Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
The intruder tied a rope around Idalina’s wrists and ankles.

— Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026