intrusive Synonyms
Another word for intrusive
• adjective (Context 1)
Causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited; encroaching upon someone's privacy or personal space.
"The celebrity complained that the constant presence of photographers outside her home was deeply invasive."
• adjective (Context 2)
Relating to or denoting igneous rock that has been forced while molten into fissures or between strata of other rocks and solidified beneath the Earth's surface.
"Granite is a common example of an plutonic igneous rock that cools slowly underground."
• adjective (Context 3)
Denoting a speech sound that is pronounced between words or syllables for ease of articulation without being historically or etymologically present.
"In several non-rhotic dialects of English, an epenthetic 'r' is often heard between two adjacent vowel sounds."
Opposites of intrusive
The opposite of intrusive shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: