Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trespass
5 senses of trespass
Sense 1
trespass, intrude -- (enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!")
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise")
Phrasal Verb-> trespass#2
Sense 2
trespass, take advantage -- (make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy")
=> use -- (seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections")
Sense 3
trespass -- (break the law)
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise")
Sense 4
sin, transgress, trespass -- (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise")
Sense 5
transgress, trespass, overstep -- (pass beyond (limits or boundaries))
=> pass, go through, go across -- (go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind")
Antonyms of adj trespassing
1 sense of trespassing
Sense 1
encroaching (prenominal), invasive, trespassing (prenominal) -- (gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters")
INDIRECT (VIA intrusive) -> unintrusive, not intrusive -- (not interfering or meddling)
Similarity of adj trespassing
1 sense of trespassing
Sense 1
encroaching (prenominal), invasive, trespassing (prenominal) -- (gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters")
=> intrusive (vs. unintrusive) -- (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive")