intrude on

1. 1.

   to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

   “This new colleague invades my territory”

   “The neighbors intrude on your privacy”

   Synonymsinvadeobtrude uponencroach upon

   Broaderenter

   Narrowerforay into

Questions about intrude on

What does intrude on mean?

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

What is another word for intrude on?

Close synonyms include invade, obtrude upon, encroach 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 intrude on a common word?

intrude on 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.