Social life

Synonyms for meddle

The synonym for meddle recorded in this bank is tamper, in the sense "intrude in other people's affairs or business". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The synonym for meddle

tamperverb, in the sense "intrude in other people's affairs or business"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and meddle carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

intrude in other people's affairs or business

Don't meddle in my affairs!

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

tamper

Same sentence, swapped: Don't tamper in my affairs!

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where meddle stands in the sentence above.

restrain
detain
instruct

Where meddle turns up in the game

meddle is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play meddle

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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trespassverbintrudeenter unlawfully on someone's propertyRidgelineHas a reason line unctuousadjectivesmarmyexcessively flattering or ingratiating in a way that seems insincereRidgelineHas a reason line violateverboutrageviolate the sacred character of a place or languageRidgeline alienateverbestrangeto cause someone to become unfriendly or distant, especially through one's own actionsRidgelineHas a reason line possenounentouragean informal group of friends or companions who go around togetherTreelineHas a reason line preemptverbdisplacetake the place of or have precedence overHigh CampHas a reason line prejudicedadjectivediscriminatorybeing biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehandHigh Camp periodicadjectiveoccasionalrecurring or reappearing from time to timeRidgeline

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