Need another word that means the same as “invading”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “invading” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Invading” are: incursive, invasive
Invading as an Adjective
Definitions of "Invading" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “invading” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Involving invasion or aggressive attack.
Synonyms of "Invading" as an adjective (2 Words)
incursive | Involving invasion or aggressive attack. |
invasive | Gradually intrusive without right or permission. The sound of the piano was invasive. |
Associations of "Invading" (30 Words)
attack | The act of attacking. Attacks on women increased last year. |
breach | An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification. A breach of confidence. |
busybody | A person who meddles in the affairs of others. Others considered him an interfering busybody. |
encroach | Impinge or infringe upon. Rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room. |
encroachment | Entry to another’s property without right or permission. Urban encroachment of habitat. |
impinge | Impinge or infringe upon. The gases impinge on the surface of the liquid. |
incursion | An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one. Incursions into enemy territory. |
infringe | Actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc. Making an unauthorized copy would infringe copyright. |
interfere | Of light or other electromagnetic waveforms interact to produce interference. A holiday job would interfere with his studies. |
interfering | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. An interfering old woman. |
interloper | A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. To her I was always an outsider an interloper. |
intervene | Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force. He acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute. |
intrude | Enter unlawfully on someone’s property. The granite may have intruded these rock layers. |
intruder | A person who intrudes, especially into a building with criminal intent. The intruder had pulled out drawers and dumped their contents on the floor. |
intrusion | The forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation. Villagers say the noise is an intrusion on their lives. |
intrusive | Tending to intrude (especially upon privacy. That was an intrusive question. |
invasion | An instance of invading a country or region with an armed force. In 1546 England had to be defended from invasion. |
meddling | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. Bureaucratic meddling. |
misdemeanor | A crime less serious than a felony. |
oppressor | A person or group that oppresses people. They overthrew their colonial oppressors. |
raid | Conduct a raid on. A police raid on his home. |
robber | A person who commits robbery. |
transgress | Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline. The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island. |
trespass | Enter unlawfully on someone’s property. Don t trespass on my land. |
trespasser | Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission. A trespasser on his land. |
usurpation | Entry to another’s property without right or permission. A succession of generals who ruled by usurpation. |
violate | Violate the sacred character of a place or language. They violated the terms of a ceasefire. |
violation | The action of violating someone or something. The aircraft were in violation of UN resolutions. |
violator | Someone who violates the law. Monica is able to name the violators of her body. |
visitor | A member of a sports team on tour or playing away from home. The visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals. |