nosy-parkers

Uninvited curious neighbors

Nosy-parkers are people who pry into others' affairs—busybodies who can't resist snooping where they don't belong.

The term is chiefly British and mildly disapproving rather than harsh: The nosy-parkers on our street always know who's visiting whom.

Singular: nosy-parker.

gossip

busybodies

Those who interfere uninvited

tattletales · blabbermouths · eavesdroppers · yentas · curtain-twitchers · scandalmongers · telltales · whisperers · meddlers · informers

meddling

busybodies

Those who interfere uninvited

priers · interlopers · meddlers · buttinsky · kibitzers · backseat drivers · micromanagers · boundary-crossers · control freaks · helicoptering

neighbors

curtain-twitchers

Nosy window-watchers

neighborhood watch · keeping tabs · cul-de-sac · suburban · village life · small-town · fishbowl · privacy invasion · close quarters

surveillance

snoopers

Those who pry secretly

stalkers · peepers · eavesdroppers · curtain-twitchers · observers · monitors · snooping · prying eyes · binoculars · listening in

Opposites
interest in others' affairs

nosy-parkersloners

People preferring isolation

recluses · introverts

discretion and tact

nosy-parkersconfidants

Trusted secret-keepers

Family

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Familiarity
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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G