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Synonyms for officious
əˈfɪʃ əsof·fi·cious
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
officious
Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.
Synonyms:
active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
officious
Synonyms:
meddling, interfering, pushing, forward, intrusive, intermeddlingAntonyms:
backward, negligent, remiss, unofficious, retiring, modest, backward
Princeton's WordNet
interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodiedadjective
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
"an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"
Synonyms:
interfering, busybodied, meddling, meddlesome, fussy, engaged, busy, in use(p)Antonyms:
not intrusive, unintrusive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
officiousadjective
Synonyms:
meddlesome, interfering, intermeddling, obtrusive, busy, pragmatical
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
officiousadjective
Synonyms:
meddlesome, intrusive, obtrusive, pragmatical, impertinent
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#534 | mobile | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1403 | forward | |
#2450 | alert | |
#4087 | busy | |
#5300 | engaged | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#8967 | pushing | |
#12285 | lively | |
#14373 | energetic | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18644 | agile | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#24266 | interfering | |
#26185 | intrusive | |
#29634 | supple | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30597 | diligent | |
#31151 | bustling | |
#42715 | fussy | |
#43874 | zealous | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#51813 | meddling | |
#52872 | industrious | |
#53842 | callous | |
#64017 | spry | |
#91697 | sprightly | |
#131319 | officious | |
#187765 | meddlesome |
Translations for officious
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- všetečnýCzech
- geskæftigDanish
- kostlichGerman
- αυταρχικόςGreek
- oficiraEsperanto
- inoportuno, oficioso, entrometidoSpanish
- tungetteleva, virkaintoinenFinnish
- officieuxFrench
- परेHindi
- fontoskodóHungarian
- ufficiosoItalian
- 正気のJapanese
- officiosusLatin
- offisiøsNorwegian
- nadgorliwyPolish
- официозныйRussian
- beskäftigSwedish
- işgüzarTurkish
- офіційнийUkrainian
- אָפפיסיאָוסYiddish
- 非官方的Chinese
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