obtrude

1 synonym and 2 antonyms for obtrude, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Verb — To push or force something on someone, or into a place, without being asked.

Synonyms

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intrude

To push or force something on someone, or into a place, without being asked.

intrude

To push yourself into a conversation or situation uninvited.

“As 1968 began to ebb into 1969, however, and as “anticlimax” began to become a real word in my lexicon, another term began to obtrude itself.”

Opposites

retire withdraw

Comes from Latin obtrūdō (“thrust off or against”), made up of ob- (“ob-”) plus trūdō (“thrust”).

withdraw retire intrude