What does nosy-parker mean?

nosy-parker means "a person who meddles in the affairs of others".

How many syllables are in nosy-parker?

nosy-parker has 4 syllables and divides as no-sy--par-ker under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nosy-parker?

Close synonyms include busybody, nosey-parker, quidnunc. 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 nosy-parker a common word?

nosy-parker 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.

Nosy-parker — meaning and 3 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
Synonymsbusybody nosey-parker quidnunc
Broadermeddler

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What does nosy-parker mean?: nosy-parker means "a person who meddles in the affairs of others".
How many syllables are in nosy-parker?: nosy-parker has 4 syllables and divides as no-sy--par-ker under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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