Tom felt like an interloper.
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Interloper
//ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə//
Synonyms for "interloper" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 15 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- indringer noun (one who interferes)
Finnish
2 entries- tungettelija noun (one who interferes)
- tunkeilija noun (one who interferes)
French
1 entries- intrus noun (one who interferes)
German
1 entries- Eindringling noun (one who interferes)
Hungarian
1 entries- betolakodó noun (one who interferes)
Icelandic
2 entries- aðskotadýr noun (one who interferes)
- boðflenna noun (one who interferes)
Italian
1 entries- intruso noun (one who interferes)
Japanese
1 entries- 闖入者 noun (one who interferes)
Macedonian
1 entries- натрапник noun (one who interferes)
Māori
2 entries- kaiauwaha noun (one who interferes)
- kaihūrau noun (one who interferes)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- inntrenger noun (one who interferes)
Polish
1 entries- natręt noun (one who interferes)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- uljez noun (one who interferes)
Spanish
4 entries- detentador noun (one who interferes)
- entremetido noun (one who interferes)
- entrometido noun (one who interferes)
- intruso noun (one who interferes)
Swedish
1 entries- inkräktare noun (one who interferes)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
Source: wiktionary
In a button-up plaid shirt with an unwieldly suitcase, he is an interloper from another world – one whose first social faux pas is to make his way slowly through the various gates and arrive at the imposing front door on foot, rather than wait to be picked up from the train station by a servant.
Source: wiktionary
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