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Another word for busybody

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busybody

n.

snoop, meddler, pry, gossip, tattletale, eavesdropper, prier, intriguer, intruder, troublemaker, buttinsky*, kibitzer*, fink*, yenta*, rubberneck*, Nosy Parker*; see also gossip 2.

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Another word for busybody

noun

A person given to intruding in other people's affairs:

interloper, meddler, quidnunc. (Informal) kibitzer. (Slang) buttinsky. (Archaic) pragmatic. See participate

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busybody. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/busybody

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