intruder

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Canada/ənˈtɹudɚ/UK/ɪnˈtɹuː.də(ɹ)/

noun

Someone who intrudes.

“All intruders will be shot!”

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounintruder (plural intruders)

plural intruders

  1. Someone who intrudes.

    All intruders will be shot!

    Synonyms: interloper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who intrudes.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

Broader
entrantunwelcome personpersona non grata

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic مُقْتَحِم, دَخِيل
  • مُقْتَحِم (muqtaḥim)someone who intrudes
  • دَخِيل (daḵīl)someone who intrudes
Bulgarian натрапник, неканен гост
  • натрапник (natrapnik)someone who intrudes
  • неканен гост (nekanen gost)someone who intrudes
Catalan intrús
  • intrússomeone who intrudes
Czech vetřelec
  • vetřelecsomeone who intrudes
Dutch indringer
  • indringersomeone who intrudes
Finnish tunkeilija, tunkeutuja
  • tunkeilijasomeone who intrudes
  • tunkeutujasomeone who intrudes
French intrus, importun
  • intrussomeone who intrudes
  • importunsomeone who intrudes
German Eindringling
  • Eindringlingsomeone who intrudes
Greek εισβολέας, παρείσακτος
  • εισβολέας (eisvoléas)someone who intrudes
  • παρείσακτος (pareísaktos)someone who intrudes
Hindi घुसपैठिया
  • घुसपैठिया (ghuspaiṭhiyā)someone who intrudes
Icelandic boðflenna
  • boðflennasomeone who intrudes
Indonesian penyusup
  • penyusupsomeone who intrudes
Italian intruso
  • intrusosomeone who intrudes
Japanese 侵入者
  • 侵入者 (shin'nyū-sha)someone who intrudes
Korean 불법 침입자
  • 불법 침입자 (bulbeop chimipja)someone who intrudes
Latin interventor
  • interventorsomeone who intrudes
Lithuanian įsibrovėlis
  • įsibrovėlissomeone who intrudes
Norwegian Bokmål inntrenger
  • inntrengersomeone who intrudes
Polish intruz
  • intruzsomeone who intrudes
Portuguese intruso
  • intrusosomeone who intrudes
Russian наруши́тель, наруши́тельница
  • наруши́тель (narušítelʹ)someone who intrudes
  • наруши́тельница (narušítelʹnica)someone who intrudes
Scottish Gaelic sgimilear
  • sgimilearsomeone who intrudes
Spanish intruso, intrusa
  • intrusosomeone who intrudes
  • intrusasomeone who intrudes
  • intrusetesomeone who intrudes
Swedish inkräktare
  • inkräktaresomeone who intrudes
Turkish davetsiz misafir
  • davetsiz misafirsomeone who intrudes

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Cite this entry
APA

intruder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intruder

MLA

“intruder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intruder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intruder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intruder.

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