intervention

1. 1.

   the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

   “it occurs without human intervention”

   Synonymsintercession

   Broaderengagement

   Narrowermediation
2. 2.

   a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

   Synonymsinterference

   Antonymsnonintervention

   Broaderforeign policy
3. 3.

   the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others

   Synonymsinterposition

   Broaderplacement
4. 4.

   (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings

   “the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits”

   Broaderproceeding

   law

5. 5.

   care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

   Synonymstreatment

   Broadercare

   Narrowermedical caremassagemodalitydetoxificationchiropracticfomentationnaturopathynaprapathyorthodontic treatmentorthoptics

   Partsremedy

Other forms of intervention

plural

interventions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intervention

What does intervention mean?

intervention means "the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intervention?

intervention has 4 syllables: in-ter-ven-tion. The stress falls on "ven". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/.

What is another word for intervention?

Close synonyms include intercession, interference, interposition, treatment. 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.

What is the opposite of intervention?

The recorded antonyms are nonintervention.

Is intervention a common word?

intervention is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with intervention?

4 words rhyme with intervention. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.