Synonyms for Encroach:

• n.

  •
  • recover,
  • top,
  • blanket,
  • smother,
  • insulate,
  • bury,
  • coat,
  • wrap,
  • crown,
  • cover.
  •
  • requisition.
  •
  • reduce,
  • trim down,
  • cut back,
  • shrivel,
  • minimize,
  • decrease,
  • erode,
  • top-slice,
  • lower,
  • halve.
  •break in (noun)
  • break.
  •infringe (noun)
  • study at trespass.

• v.

  •contravene (verb)
  • in fracted,
  • dis affirming,
  • counter-acted,
  • conflicts with,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-acting,
  • dis obeyed,
  • dis-affirming,
  • counter-acts,
  • dis-obey,
  • dis obey,
  • dis affirmed,
  • inter posing,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter-fere,
  • dis-obeying,
  • dis affirms,
  • counter-act,
  • inter-posed,
  • in-fracted,
  • inter fere,
  • inter pose,
  • counter act,
  • dis-affirm,
  • counter acts,
  • inter-posing,
  • dis obeys,
  • dis affirm,
  • counter acting,
  • inter posed,
  • inter-pose,
  • conflicted with,
  • dis-affirms,
  • infracts,
  • conflicting with,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • inter feres,
  • dis obeying,
  • dis-obeyed,
  • dis-obeys.
  •entrench (verb)
  • sticked nose into,
  • broke on,
  • broke in on,
  • brake on,
  • sticking nose in to,
  • breaking on,
  • made inroads,
  • breaks in on,
  • makes inroads,
  • sticks nose into,
  • stuck nose into,
  • sticking nose into,
  • breaks on,
  • making inroads,
  • stick nose in to,
  • break on,
  • stuck nose in to,
  • breaking in on,
  • brake in on,
  • sticked nose in to,
  • sticks nose in to.
  •impinge (verb)
  • bear up on.
  •impose (verb)
  • re quires,
  • forces upon,
  • reads riot act,
  • re quiring,
  • forcing up on,
  • forcing upon,
  • pre scribing,
  • intro duce,
  • lays down law,
  • intro-duces,
  • took advantage,
  • ex-act,
  • de-crees,
  • lays down,
  • reading riot act,
  • re-quires,
  • moving in on,
  • intro-duce,
  • pre scribe,
  • putting foot down,
  • forced up on,
  • ex acts,
  • re-quired,
  • pre-scribed,
  • moves in on,
  • force up on,
  • pre-scribes,
  • pre-scribing,
  • moving on,
  • laying down law,
  • pre-scribe,
  • lay down law,
  • ex-acting,
  • re-quire,
  • ex acting,
  • de cree,
  • de-cree,
  • forces up on,
  • re quire,
  • laying down the law,
  • de creed,
  • laid down the law,
  • takes advantage,
  • moved in on,
  • ex-acted,
  • lays down the law,
  • intro duces,
  • ex act,
  • moves on,
  • de-creed,
  • moved on,
  • de crees,
  • puts foot down,
  • re-quiring,
  • re quired,
  • laid down law.
  •infringe (verb)
  • in-fringed,
  • in fringed,
  • in fringes,
  • in fringing,
  • in fringe,
  • in-fringe,
  • in-fringing,
  • in-fringes.
  •interlope (verb)
  • inter loping,
  • inter loped,
  • inter lopes,
  • inter-lope,
  • inter lope,
  • inter-loping,
  • inter-lopes,
  • inter-loped.
  •intrude (verb)
  • inter meddled,
  • inter-meddles,
  • chiseled in,
  • pushes in,
  • in-sinuate,
  • chiseling in,
  • chiselled in,
  • inter-meddling,
  • in-sinuates,
  • inter-meddled,
  • inter meddle,
  • in sinuate,
  • inter-meddle,
  • inter meddling,
  • in-sinuating,
  • chiselling in,
  • chisels in,
  • inter meddles,
  • in sinuates,
  • in sinuated,
  • pushing in,
  • pushed in,
  • in sinuating.
  •invade another's property, business (verb)
  • usurp,
  • squeeze in,
  • arrogate,
  • work in,
  • intervene,
  • barge in,
  • butt in,
  • elbow in,
  • horn in,
  • crash.
  •meddle (verb)
  • sidewalksuperintended,
  • crashing gates,
  • wormed in,
  • sidewalksuperintending,
  • crashing the gates,
  • dabbled in,
  • putting two cents in,
  • dabbles in,
  • in-quired,
  • fooling with,
  • worms in,
  • coming uninvited,
  • chimed in,
  • in-quire,
  • stuck nose in,
  • sticking nose in,
  • mixing in,
  • fooled with,
  • puts two cents in,
  • sidewalk-superintending,
  • crashes gates,
  • comes uninvited,
  • sticked nose in,
  • sidewalk superintended,
  • kibitzes,
  • crashed the gates,
  • sidewalk superintending,
  • sidewalk superintends,
  • mixt in,
  • in quires,
  • sidewalk superintend,
  • in quired,
  • crashed gates,
  • sidewalksuperintends,
  • chiming in,
  • abused rights,
  • busybodying,
  • crashes the gates,
  • sidewalk-superintends,
  • in quiring,
  • abuses rights,
  • in quire,
  • worming in,
  • in-quiring,
  • crash gates,
  • in-quires,
  • dabbling in,
  • chimes in,
  • mixes in,
  • came uninvited,
  • kibitzed,
  • abusing rights,
  • sidewalk-superintended,
  • sticks nose in,
  • sidewalksuperintend,
  • fools with.
  •molest (verb)
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis placing,
  • dis placed,
  • up sets,
  • be-devilling,
  • be devilled,
  • be-devilled,
  • dis compose,
  • up-set,
  • dis-commode,
  • dis organizes,
  • be setting,
  • dis-places,
  • dis commodes,
  • be sets,
  • up setting,
  • dis place,
  • mis-using,
  • mis used,
  • dis composes,
  • dis quiets,
  • dis-composed,
  • dis-organizing,
  • dis-compose,
  • be-devil,
  • up-sets,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis composed,
  • mis using,
  • dis places,
  • mis-used,
  • dis quieted,
  • be deviled,
  • dis commode,
  • dis-commodes,
  • dis-quiets,
  • be-deviled,
  • dis-placing,
  • up-setting,
  • be-set,
  • be devilling,
  • dis organizing,
  • be-deviling,
  • dis organize,
  • dis-quieted,
  • dis-organized,
  • dis-quieting,
  • be deviling,
  • dis organized,
  • be-devils,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-place,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-organize,
  • dis-placed,
  • be devil,
  • be-sets,
  • dis composing,
  • be-setting,
  • dis-quiet,
  • be devils.
  •motion (verb)
  • encroach.
  •overstep (verb)
  • over steps,
  • in trenching,
  • over-stepping,
  • over-stepped,
  • in trench,
  • in trenched,
  • in-trench,
  • over stepped,
  • over stepping,
  • in-trenched,
  • over-steps,
  • in-trenches,
  • in trenches,
  • in-trenching.
  •penetrate (verb)
  • pro-bed,
  • pops in,
  • popping in,
  • eating through,
  • made hole,
  • made an entrance,
  • filtered in,
  • ate through,
  • sinks into,
  • making entrance,
  • sticks into,
  • sticks in to,
  • sank in to,
  • stick in to,
  • in-filtrate,
  • sticking into,
  • making hole,
  • in sert,
  • make entrance,
  • breezing in,
  • sank into,
  • busting in,
  • in filtrate,
  • breezes in,
  • makes hole,
  • in-filtrates,
  • in-filtrated,
  • filters in,
  • sunk into,
  • makes an entrance,
  • blows in,
  • stuck into,
  • makes entrance,
  • running in to,
  • in filtrates,
  • sink in to,
  • made entrance,
  • made a hole,
  • eats through,
  • stuck in to,
  • makes a hole,
  • breezed in,
  • sinking in to,
  • sinking into,
  • in filtrating,
  • sticked in to,
  • sticked into,
  • in-sert,
  • pro bed,
  • in filtrated,
  • ran in to,
  • sinks in to,
  • busts in,
  • making an entrance,
  • making a hole,
  • in-filtrating,
  • run in to,
  • filtering in,
  • busted in,
  • runs in to,
  • blew in,
  • sticking in to,
  • sunk in to.
  •poach (verb)
  • hunted illegally,
  • fishing illegally,
  • fished illegally,
  • fishes illegally,
  • hunts illegally,
  • hunting illegally.
  •trample (verb)
  • over-whelm,
  • rides roughshod over,
  • over ride,
  • runs over,
  • over-ridden,
  • over ridden,
  • over rides,
  • riding roughshod over,
  • over-rides,
  • rid roughshod over,
  • over-rode,
  • over whelm,
  • over-whelms,
  • over-whelming,
  • over-riding,
  • over riding,
  • over rode,
  • over-whelmed,
  • over whelming,
  • over whelmed,
  • steps on,
  • rode roughshod over,
  • over whelms.
  •trespass (verb)
  • mis-behave,
  • mis behave,
  • does wrong by,
  • mis behaved,
  • mis behaves,
  • dis pleasing,
  • doest wrong by,
  • dost wrong by,
  • did wrong by,
  • mis-behaves,
  • doth wrong by,
  • dis-pleases,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • didst wrong by,
  • muscling in,
  • dis pleases,
  • dis-pleased,
  • mis-behaved,
  • dis-please,
  • nosed in,
  • muscles in,
  • doeth wrong by,
  • noses in,
  • doing wrong by,
  • dis please,
  • nosing in,
  • dis pleased,
  • mis-behaving,
  • muscled in,
  • mis behaving.
  •violate (verb)
  • trampled on,
  • pro-fane,
  • out-rage,
  • pro-fanes,
  • sacrileged,
  • dis-regarded,
  • out-raged,
  • pro fane,
  • dis regard,
  • trampling on,
  • pro fanes,
  • out raged,
  • out rages,
  • dis regarded,
  • with stood,
  • dis-regard,
  • dis-regards,
  • tramples on,
  • dis-regarding,
  • with-stand,
  • with stands,
  • out-rages,
  • with-standing,
  • out-raging,
  • dis regarding,
  • with-stands,
  • dis regards,
  • with stand,
  • with standing,
  • sacrileging.
  •wrong (verb)
  • perpetrate,
  • maltreat,
  • abuse,
  • do wrong,
  • wrong,
  • commit,
  • transgress.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • repossess,
  • rob,
  • waltz off with,
  • dispossess,
  • go off with,
  • sequester,
  • confiscate,
  • sequestrate,
  • deprive,
  • expropriate,
  • impound.
  •
  • appropriation,
  • seize,
  • commandeer.
  •
  • rip,
  • appropriate.
  •
  • strip.
  •
  • withdraw.
  •entrench
  • make inroads,
  • stick nose into,
  • intervenes,
  • break in on.
  •impose
  • force upon,
  • laid down,
  • lay down the law,
  • saddled,
  • put foot down,
  • taking advantage,
  • laying down,
  • Saddling,
  • forced upon,
  • Levied,
  • move in on,
  • read riot act,
  • lay down.
  •trample
  • step on,
  • running over,
  • ran over,
  • stepped on,
  • stepping on,
  • run over,
  • over-ride,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • stomping.
  •Other relevant words:
  • specific,
  • charge in,
  • evade,
  • conflict,
  • inch,
  • pretend,
  • offence,
  • insult,
  • abuse a privilege,
  • irrupt,
  • creep in,
  • encroachment,
  • breach,
  • invasion,
  • forswear,
  • bother,
  • scrupulous,
  • inroad,
  • press in,
  • trample under foot,
  • invading,
  • crowd in,
  • impose on,
  • attack,
  • sneak in,
  • aggression,
  • trench on,
  • infringe upon,
  • infringement,
  • particular,
  • come between,
  • disturbance,
  • irruptive,
  • slight,
  • set at naught,
  • interrupt,
  • ditch,
  • escape,
  • entrench on,
  • foray,
  • overpass,
  • detailed,
  • presume on,
  • adopt,
  • advance upon,
  • smash in,
  • elbow,
  • fail,
  • pillage,
  • definite,
  • neglect,
  • rush in,
  • Tromp,
  • punctilious,
  • desecrate,
  • obtrude upon,
  • Accroach,
  • truthful,
  • meticulous,
  • infraction,
  • rape,
  • insight,
  • violation,
  • thrust in,
  • do violence to,
  • inrush,
  • crime,
  • clear,
  • impose upon,
  • renounce,
  • horn,
  • creep,
  • worm,
  • precise,
  • foist,
  • favor,
  • permeate,
  • incursion,
  • put on,
  • affront,
  • offense,
  • faithful,
  • painstaking,
  • trouble,
  • crumble,
  • exact,
  • slip in,
  • insinuate,
  • ravage,
  • burst in,
  • intrude upon,
  • break through,
  • dig in,
  • penetration,
  • right,
  • contradict,
  • perfect,
  • authentic,
  • intrusion,
  • explicit,
  • go too far,
  • nice,
  • assume,
  • know no bounds,
  • assault,
  • rigorous,
  • trespass on,
  • rigid,
  • take over,
  • run afoul,
  • snatch,
  • edge in,
  • enter,
  • intelligence,
  • strain,
  • inconvenience,
  • break bounds,
  • factual.

Paraphrases for Encroach:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    predated.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    overlap.
  • Verb, base form
    protrude, invade, meddle, trespass, violate, usurp, impair, intervene, prejudice, detract, affect, overlap, diminish, endanger, breach, jeopardize.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    Infringed.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    impinge.
  • Verb, base form
    infringe, impinge.

Antonyms for Encroach:

• v.

  • invade another's property, business
    give, keep off, ignore.

Homophones for Encroach:

• engross, eminence grise, encourage, engorge.

Hyponym for Encroach:

• v.

  • motion
    move on, march on, advance, go on, progress, pass on.