Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meddling

1 sense of meddling

Sense 1
meddling, tampering -- (the act of altering something secretly or improperly)
       => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb meddle

1 sense of meddle

Sense 1
meddle, tamper -- (intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!")
       => intervene, step in, interfere, interpose -- (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?")

Antonyms of adj meddling

1 sense of meddling

Sense 1
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")

INDIRECT (VIA intrusive) -> unintrusive, not intrusive -- (not interfering or meddling)

Similarity of adj meddling

1 sense of meddling

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