Intrusive

Quick meaning: Intrusive is an adjective meaning Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

Meaning

Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

More Meanings

1. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
2. (linguistics) epenthetic
3. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
4. (programming) Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.

Example Sentences

an intrusive linked list

Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

Word Forms

• intrusives

Synonyms for intrusive

Depending on context, synonyms include disturbing, interrupting, busy, eruptive, meddlesome, officious.

Antonyms for intrusive

Common opposites include unintrusive, protrusive, extrusive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intruding, invasive, encroaching, trespassing, interfering, meddlesome.

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