Definition for Encroach:

• To invade rights or possessions of another; to take possession of what belongs to another gradually or by stealth; to pass proper bounds; to intrude.

Synonyms for Encroach:

• n.

  •
  • recover,
  • top,
  • blanket,
  • smother,
  • insulate,
  • bury,
  • coat,
  • wrap,
  • crown,
  • cover.
  •
  • requisition.
  •
  • reduce,
  • erode,
  • halve,
  • lower,
  • decrease,
  • minimize,
  • top-slice,
  • shrivel.

• v.

  •invade another's property, business (verb)
  • barge in,
  • intervene,
  • work in,
  • squeeze in,
  • elbow in,
  • arrogate,
  • usurp,
  • horn in,
  • crash.
  •wrong (verb)
  • perpetrate,
  • maltreat,
  • abuse,
  • do wrong,
  • wrong,
  • commit,
  • transgress.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.