officious

What does officious mean?

officious means "intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner".

How many syllables are in officious?

officious has 4 syllables: of-fi-ci-ous. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for officious?

Close synonyms include interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied. 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 officious a common word?

officious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for officious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.