yenta

Noun

Meaning

A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!

(Jewish) A matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

telltale busybody eavesdropper gossiper meddler newsmonger tattletale talebearer scandalmonger gossipmonger kibitzer rumormonger quidnunc matchmaking tattler
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Hypernyms

shrew gossip gossiper newsmonger gossipmonger rumormonger

Anagrams

Taney Antey

Examples

Then why can't I bully you into procreating? (Wulf) See! I'm the only human in history to have Viking yenta of his very own. God, how I wish my father had been a fertile man. (Chris) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Close letter words and terms

yens Yenser Yenshui Yentang yente yentl