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 But pretty soon the two interlopers into this small, grudge-holding but tight-knit community — the kind where, going back generations, everybody not only knows but is mightily resentful of everyone else’s business — develop a kind of outsider kinship. —

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026 Over the last three local election cycles, the nastiness has come from some interloper. —

Haven Shoemaker, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2026 Mountbatten-Windsor and a bodyguard safely stayed clear of the interloper. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 June 2026 Wemby, along with Knicks center Mitchell Robinson, stared at the interloper in seeming shock before security restrained him and he was led off the court. —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for interloper

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intruder

Noun

After what was initially reported as a home intruder, police found a 10-foot alligator swimming in the pool, PEOPLE previously reported.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Which had been locked by the emergency intruder alert.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026