intrude

intrude is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.
2. transitive verb. To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.
3. transitive verb. To enter by force; to invade.
4. transitive verb. The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
5. verb. thrust oneself in as if by force

   "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"

   Synonyms: obtrude

6. verb. enter uninvited

   "They intruded on our dinner party"

   "She irrupted into our sitting room"

   Synonyms: irrupt

7. verb. search or inquire in a meddlesome way

   "This guy is always nosing around the office"

   Synonyms: nose, poke, pry

8. verb. enter unlawfully on someone's property

   "Don't trespass on my land!"

   Synonyms: trespass

Synonyms

obtrude, irrupt, nose, poke, pry, trespass

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in intrude:

turdine, untired, untried

Common word forms

intruded, intruder, intrudes, intruding

Words from these letters

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