butt in
Enter without invitation
To butt in is to interrupt or intrude where you weren't invited—entering a conversation, situation, or activity uninvited: Sorry to butt in, but you're needed downstairs.
The phrase suggests pushing your way in, like an animal butting with its head.
Someone who habitually butts in is a buttinsky.
Obstruct or meddle uninvited
- nosyIntrusively curious
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
meddling · officious · inquisitive · pushy · overbearing · encroach · overstep · impose
Insert remarks abruptly
- interposeInsert between other things
- heckleHarass a performer verbally
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
- interpolateEstimate intermediate values
Lacking good manners
- discourteousLacking good manners
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- tactlessInsensitive in manner
inconsiderate · brash · forward · impertinent · audacious · brazen · boorish · uncouth
interfere
Obstruct or meddle uninvited
intrusive · meddling · officious · inquisitive · pushy · overbearing · encroach · overstep · impose · interlope
interject
Insert remarks abruptly
impolite
Lacking good manners
- discourteousLacking good manners
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
tactless · inconsiderate · brash · forward · impertinent · audacious · brazen · boorish · uncouth · impudent
- intrusionsintrusion, intruder, intruding, trespass, trespasser
- meddlingmeddle, meddler, pry, snoop, busybody
- chime ininterject, interrupt, pipe up
- join inparticipate, take part, get involved, join, engage
- interveneintervene, intercede, mediate, arbitrate, interpose
- speaking upspeak up, speak out, speak freely, voice, give voice
butt inwait your turn
Defer to those ahead
hold your tongue · listen · bite your tongue · keep quiet · hold back
butt inmind your own business
Stop meddling in others' affairs
keep out · back off · butt out · leave alone · keep your distance