Need another word that means the same as “intrusive”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “intrusive” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Intrusive” are: intruding, invasive, obtrusive, trespassing, unwanted, unwelcome, impossible to ignore, prominent, unavoidable, inescapable, disturbing, personal, prying, forward, impudent, impertinent, offensive
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “intrusive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| disturbing | Causing anxiety; worrying. A disturbing amount of crime. |
| forward | Moving forward. The forward section of the aircraft. |
| impertinent | Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant. Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point. |
| impossible to ignore | Totally unlikely. |
| impudent | Improperly forward or bold. The student was kept in for impudent behavior. |
| inescapable | Impossible to avoid or evade. Inescapable conclusion. |
| intruding | Projecting inward. |
| invasive | Gradually intrusive without right or permission. Invasive war. |
| obtrusive | Undesirably noticeable. Equally obtrusive was the graffiti. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. Considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity. |
| personal | Of or arising from personality. Personal hygiene. |
| prominent | Conspicuous in position or importance. A man with big prominent eyes like a lobster s. |
| prying | Offensively curious or inquisitive. She felt there was no place where she could escape from the prying eyes. |
| trespassing | Gradually intrusive without right or permission. Trespassing hunters. |
| unavoidable | Impossible to avoid or evade. The natural and unavoidable consequences of growing old. |
| unwanted | Not wanted; not needed. Tried to give away unwanted kittens. |
| unwelcome | Not wanted. Unwelcome attentions from men. |
| annoying | The act of troubling or annoying someone. Unsolicited calls are annoying. |
| arrogant | Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities. Arrogant claims. |
| audio | A recording of acoustic signals. The machine can retrieve and play audio from a CD ROM. |
| baritone | A singer with a baritone voice. He sang in a rich baritone. |
| brassy | Resembling brass in colour. Her brassy audacious exterior. |
| busybody | A meddling or prying person. Others considered him an interfering busybody. |
| cackle | A loud laugh suggestive of a hen s cackle. The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine. |
| camcorder | A portable combined video camera and video recorder. |
| cassette | A sealed plastic unit containing a length of audio tape, videotape, film, etc. wound on a pair of spools, for insertion into a recorder, playback device, or other machine. |
| din | A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. The sound dinned irritatingly into Marian s head. |
| drone | A musical instrument or part of one sounding a continuous note of low pitch in particular also drone pipe a pipe in a bagpipe or also drone string a string in an instrument such as a hurdy gurdy or a sitar. A photographer used a drone to take some unconventional photos of the countryside. |
| gramophone | An antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically. |
| hoarse | (of a person’s voice) sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting. A hoarse whisper. |
| homophonic | Characterized by the movement of accompanying parts in the same rhythm as the melody. |
| interfering | (of a person) tending to interfere in other people’s affairs. An interfering old woman. |
| intervene | Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events. It s true he intervened. |
| invade | Enter (a place, situation, or sphere of activity) in large numbers, especially with intrusive effect. During the Second World War the island was invaded by the Axis powers. |
| invasive | Gradually intrusive without right or permission. Patients suffering from invasive cancer. |
| meddling | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. My mother s meddlings annoyed me. |
| monotone | Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. His monotone reading of the two hour report. |
| officious | Assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters. The security people were very officious. |
| recorder | A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece. A recorder of rural life. |
| recording | The action or process of recording sound or a performance for subsequent reproduction or broadcast. A bootleg live recording. |
| solfege | Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major. |
| sonic | Denoting, relating to, or of the nature of sound or sound waves. The whales emit sonic pulse systems. |
| squeaking | Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge. |
| tape | Record on videotape. He broke the tape in record time. |
| timbre | The distinctive quality or character of someone or something. A voice high in pitch but rich in timbre. |
| vcr | A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs. |
| voice | The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music. I gave voice to my feelings. |
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