encroach upon

1. 1.

   to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

   “This new colleague invades my territory”

   “The neighbors intrude on your privacy”

   Synonymsintrude oninvadeobtrude upon

   Broaderenter

   Narrowerforay into

Questions about encroach upon

What does encroach upon mean?

encroach upon means "to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate".

What is another word for encroach upon?

Close synonyms include intrude on, invade, obtrude upon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is encroach upon a common word?

encroach upon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.