Antonyms of adj intrusive

3 senses of intrusive

Sense 1
intrusive (vs. unintrusive) -- (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive")

unintrusive (vs. intrusive), not intrusive -- (not interfering or meddling)

Sense 2
intrusive (vs. extrusive) -- (of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock)

extrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface)
        => volcanic -- (igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian")

Sense 3
intrusive (vs. protrusive) -- (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea")

protrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (thrusting outward)
        => beetle, beetling -- (jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows")
        => bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant -- (curving outward)
        => obtrusive -- (sticking out; protruding)
        => jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking (predicate), sticking out (predicate) -- (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck")
        => overshot -- (having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw")
        => starting -- ((especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets")
        => underhung, undershot, underslung -- (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog")
        => ventricose, ventricous -- (having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect")

Similarity of adj intrusive

3 senses of intrusive

Sense 1
intrusive (vs. unintrusive) -- (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive")
       => encroaching (prenominal), invasive, trespassing (prenominal) -- (gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters")
       => interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied -- (intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business")

Sense 2
intrusive (vs. extrusive) -- (of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock)
       => irruptive, plutonic -- (of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro)

Sense 3
intrusive (vs. protrusive) -- (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea")
       => intruding -- (projecting inward)
          Also See-> concave#1

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