nosy neighbor
Curtain-twitching resident nearby
A nosy neighbor is someone living nearby who takes excessive interest in others' private affairs—watching comings and goings, asking intrusive questions, or gossiping about what they observe.
The phrase captures a recognizable social type: the person peering through blinds or lingering at the mailbox to gather information.
The nosy neighbor wanted to know why the police had come by.
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- curtainsHanging fabric window covers
peeping · meddling · fence · whispers · watching · spying · keeping tabs · intrusive · too close for comfort · side eye · binoculars · rumors · eavesdropping · window · suburban · surveillance · mailbox · judging
- sitcomssitcom, sitcoms, episode, episodic, season
- neighborhood charactersbusybody, gossip, mailman, dog walker, handyman
- cozy mysteryamateur sleuth, romantic subplot, village setting, female protagonist, animal companion
- nosy peoplebusybody, snoop, snooper, meddler, eavesdropper
- unsolicited advisorsbackseat driver, armchair expert, busybody, meddler, know-it-all
- blabbermouthsblabbermouth, gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, talebearer