verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass. intransitive

   "to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another"

2. 2
   thrust oneself in as if by force wordnet
3. 3
   To force in. transitive
4. 4
   enter uninvited wordnet
5. 5
   search or inquire in a meddlesome way wordnet

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6. 6
   enter unlawfully on someone's property wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

trespassadmitadvanceadvance uponbarge inbarge in

Example

More examples

"Reporters do not hesitate to intrude into people's privacy."

Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.