The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs: “She’s an awful ________.”
| BUSYBODY | 495 |
| NOSY PERSON | 121 |
| SNOOP | 108 |
| MEDDLER | 95 |
| NOSY | 87 |
| SNOOPER | 41 |
| NR | 25 |
| BUTTINSKY | 21 |
| GOSSIP | 21 |
| PEST | 18 |
| NOSY BODY | 13 |
| MEDDLESOME MATTIE | 11 |
| NUISANCE | 10 |
| MEDDLESOME | 9 |
| PRY | 8 |
| NOSY ONE | 7 |
| BORE | 6 |
| MEDDLESOME PERSON | 6 |
| NEB-NOSE | 6 |
| NOSY ROSY | 6 |
| NOSY THING | 6 |
| TROUBLE-MAKER | 5 |
| BIG NOSE | 3 |
| INQUISITIVE PERSON | 3 |
| NEBBY-NOSE | 3 |
| NIBBY | 3 |
| NIB-NOSE | 3 |
| NOSY PARKER | 3 |
| NOSY SOMEBODY | 3 |
| OLD BIDDY | 3 |
| PRYER | 3 |
| BLABBERMOUTH | 2 |
| BUSY BEE | 2 |
| BUTT-IN | 2 |
| GOSSIPER | 2 |
| LONG NOSE | 2 |
| NEBSHIT | 2 |
| NOSE | 2 |
| NOSE BOX | 2 |
| NOSER | 2 |
| NOSY GUY | 2 |
| NOSY OLD THING | 2 |
| PEDDLER | 2 |
| POKE-NOSE | 2 |
| PROWLER | 2 |
| SNOOPY | 2 |
| STICKING HER NOSE INTO OTHER PEOPLE’S BUSINESS | 2 |
| ALWAYS BUTTING IN | 1 |
| ALWAYS HAS HER NOSE IN OTHER FOLKS’ BUSINESS | 1 |
| ALWAYS NOSING INTO SOMEBODY ELSE’S BUSINESS | 1 |
| ALWAYS STICKIN’ HER NOSE IN | 1 |
| AWFULLY NOSY | 1 |
| BITCH | 1 |
| BOOR | 1 |
| BUSY-BUSY | 1 |
| BUTTER-IN | 1 |
| CRAB | 1 |
| CURIOUS | 1 |
| CURIOUS OLD LADY | 1 |
| CURIOUS PERSON | 1 |
| DAMN NOSY | 1 |
| DOESN’T MISS NOTHING | 1 |
| FINK | 1 |
| GOMEZ | 1 |
| GOSSIPY PERSON | 1 |
| GRAVEDIGGER | 1 |
| HAG | 1 |
| HAS A LONG TONGUE | 1 |
| HAS A SHARP TONGUE | 1 |
| HAS NOSE TROUBLE | 1 |
| HEN-HUZZY | 1 |
| INQUISITIVE | 1 |
| INTRUDER | 1 |
| KNOW-ALL | 1 |
| KNOW-IT-ALL | 1 |
| MEDDLE-BOX | 1 |
| MEDDLESOME BOX | 1 |
| MEDDLESOME GIRL | 1 |
| MEDDLESOME MATILDY | 1 |
| MEDDLING | 1 |
| METICHE | 1 |
| MISCHIEF MAKER | 1 |
| MISS PROBE | 1 |
| MOUTHPIECE | 1 |
| MRS. NOSY | 1 |
| NEB | 1 |
| NEBBY PERSON | 1 |
| NEWS BAG | 1 |
| NEWS BUG | 1 |
| NEWS-CARRIER | 1 |
| NEWSY PERSON | 1 |
| NIBBER | 1 |
| NIBBY PERSON | 1 |
| NOSY BEAK | 1 |
| NOSY BITCH | 1 |
| NOSY BROAD | 1 |
| NOSY CHARACTER | 1 |
| NOSY DICK | 1 |
| NOSY GAL | 1 |
| NOSY GERTIE | 1 |
| NOSY NEIGHBOR | 1 |
| NOSY OLD BAG | 1 |
| NOSY OLD BIDDY | 1 |
| NOSY OLD BITCH | 1 |
| NOSY OLD BROAD | 1 |
| NOSY OLD BUSYBODY | 1 |
| NOSY OLD DAME | 1 |
| NOSY OLD GAL | 1 |
| NOSY OLD HEIFER | 1 |
| NOSY OLD HEN | 1 |
| NOSY OLD SOMEBODY | 1 |
| NOSY OLD WITCH | 1 |
| NOSY OLD WOMAN | 1 |
| NOSY PIECE | 1 |
| NOSY POKE | 1 |
| NOSY POKER | 1 |
| NOSY POKY | 1 |
| NOSY SO-AND-SO | 1 |
| NOSY SOUL | 1 |
| NOSY WOMAN | 1 |
| OLD BUSYBODY | 1 |
| OLD HAG | 1 |
| OLD HEN | 1 |
| OLD MAID | 1 |
| OLD NOSY | 1 |
| OLD WITCH | 1 |
| PAIN | 1 |
| PAUL PRY | 1 |
| POKES HER NOSE INTO EVERYBODY BUSINESS | 1 |
| POKING HER MOUTH IN OTHER FOLKS’ BUSINESS | 1 |
| PRIES INTO EVERYTHING | 1 |
| PROBER | 1 |
| PROVOCATEUR | 1 |
| PRYING INDIVIDUAL | 1 |
| ROSY NOSY | 1 |
| RUNNY NOSE | 1 |
| SHE KEEP UP WITH EVERYBODY ELSE’S BUSINESS | 1 |
| SHE SUFFERS FROM NOSE TROUBLE | 1 |
| SHE’S GOT NOSE TROUBLE | 1 |
| SHE’S NEWSY | 1 |
| SMARTIE | 1 |
| SNEAK | 1 |
| SNOOPING | 1 |
| SNOOPY THING | 1 |
| STICKING HER NOSE IN | 1 |
| STINKER | 1 |
| STORY TELLER | 1 |
| TATTLER | 1 |
| TATTLETALE | 1 |
| TENDING TO SOMEBODY ELSE’S BUSINESS | 1 |
| WITCH | 1 |
| WUNAFITZ | 1 |
| YENTA | 1 |
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