Reverse Dictionary: INT – INTERM

INTACT – adjectives
– IN ONE PIECE intact, unharmed
 
INTEGRATED – adjectives
– CHECKERBOARD racially integrated …1930 US sl.
integrated – nouns
– CHECK CREW, CHECK GANG, CHECK TEAM a racially integrated work crew …1960 US sl.
 
INTEGRITY – adjectives
– INTEGRITIVE †* marked by integrity; upright, sincere …1784
integrity – nouns 
– CANDOUR † stainlessness of character; purity, integrity, innocence …1610
– IMPROBITY wickedness, evil, lack of principle or integrity …1594 
– SIMPLESSE † absence of duplicity or guile; innocence, integrity, guilelessness …1390 obs. exc. arch.
– SINGLENESS sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile …1526
– YAEFAULDNESS singleness of heart, integrity, simplicity …1862 Sc.
integrity – person 
– CLEANSKIN a person of integrity, esp. in a political context …1942 Aust. sl.
– GALAHAD a person likened to Sir Galahad in some way, esp. in nobility, integrity, courteousness, etc. …1854
 
INTELLECT – adjectives
– BACK O’ BEHIND of slow intellect …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAKEY silly, weak of intellect, idiotic …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FACULTY STRUCKEN deprived of the use of one’s senses, weakened in intellect …1884 Eng. dial.
– MYRIAD-MINDED of vast intellect, or great versatility of mind …1817
intellect – nouns 
– ENGINE intellect, genius, mental capacity; disposition, character …1631 Sc.
– GUMPTION common sense; good judgement; understanding, intellect …1815 Amer. dial.
– HEAD-PIECE the head, as seat of the intellect; brain, understanding, intellect …1588
– IDIOTISM * the condition of being void of intellect or reason …1612
– INGINE † ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention …1660 Sc.
– INNOCENCE idiocy, weakness of intellect …1862 Eng. dial.
– INTELLECTUALS intellect, understanding, mental capacity …1714 Sc.
– KNOWLEDGE † the faculty of understanding or knowing; intelligence, intellect …a1387
intellect – person 
– EAGLE-WIT † a person of penetrating intellect …1665
– HARD-HEAD one not easily moved or swayed by sentiment; one dull of intellect …1519
– HEAD-PIECE a man possessed of brains; a man of intellect …1656
intellect – verbs
– ABALIENATE † to cause loss or aberration of intellect …1585
 
INTELLECTUAL – adjectives
– ARTY-FARTY pretentious, overly intellectual or artistic; exhibiting superficial form and little positive content, etc. …1950s sl.
– ARTY-TARTY pretentious, overly intellectual or artistic; exhibiting superficial form and little positive content, etc. …1950s sl.
– BIG-DOME intellectual …1950s sl.
– BLUE (often derogatory) of a woman: learned, intellectual …1754
– DOUBLE-DOME intellectual …Bk2006 US sl.
– DOUBLE-DOMED intellectual …1950s sl.
– EGGHEAD intellectual, or pretentiously so …1950s sl., orig. US
– EGG-HEADED intellectual, or posing as such …1919
– FAT ON TOP intellectual …1970s US homosexual sl.
– FOXY clever, intellectual …1900s sl.
– HIGH-NOSED arrogant, supercilious; intellectual, pretentious …L18 sl.
– POINTY-HEADED intellectual; cultured …1968 Amer. sl.
– SKILFUL † intellectual, mental …1387-8
– WONKY intellectual; out of touch with reality …1970 US sl.
intellectual – nouns 
– CHATTERING CLASSES, THE (derogatory or facetious) intellectuals, etc. considered as a social group enjoying political, social, or cultural discussion …Bk1999 
– FACULTIES OF THE HEAD the brain, the intellectual faculties …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ILLUMINATIONS † intellectual gifts …1634
– QUALITIES intellectual ability …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
intellectual – person
– AMENT a person congenitally deficient in mind or intellect; a born idiot or imbecile …1897
– BAMBER an intellectual, a brilliant person …1989 UK sl.
– BEARD an intellectual person; an egghead; a member of the avant-garde …1957 Amer. sl.
– BEARDIE-WEIRDIE, BEARDY-WEIRDY a man with long hair and/or a beard and as such negatively stereotyped as an ‘intellectual’, eccentric, or fan of radical politics; a scruffy beatnik …2000 sl.
– BEARDNIK a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively …1967 Amer. sl.
– BIG DOME an intellectual, a scholar, esp. one who seems to hold eccentric or impractical opinions …1952 US sl.
– BLUE (often derogatory) a bluestocking …1781
– DOUBLE DOME an intellectual, a scholar, esp. one who seems to hold eccentric or impractical pinions …1935 sl.
– EGGHEAD a usually vapid or unrealistic intellectual …1918 US sl., orig. journalistic usage
– GEEK an overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit; one who is considered intellectual, and thus alien to the peer group …1957
– HEAD a very important intellectual person …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– HEAD-AND-A-HALF an intellectual person …1987 Aust. sl.
– HEAD-PIECE * a man possessed of brains; a man of intellect; a clever, intelligent, or intellectual person …1647
– HIGHBROW a clever person; a highly intellectual or cultured person; a person with sophisticated taste; a snob; an educated person …1898 orig. US
– LONG-HAIR (usually derogatory) an intellectual …1920 sl., orig. US
– OLD CLO an intellectual …L19 sl.
– POINTED HEAD an intellectual …1972 Amer. sl.
– POINTHEAD an intellectual …1972 Amer. sl.
– POINTY-HEAD an intellectual or expert; used disparagingly …1972 US sl.
– SAP (derogatory) an intellectual …1850 sl. 
– SMARTY PANTS an intellectual who shows off …1935
– WIG an intellectual; a studious person …c1940 Amer. student sl. 
– WONK an overstudious student; an intellectual …1990s Amer. college sl.
– WOWSER a ‘blue-stocking’; an intellectual or literary woman…B1959 Aust. sl.
 
INTELLIGENCE – adjectives
– OUT FOR LUNCH lacking in concentration or intelligence …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
intelligence – nouns
– ADVISO † information, intelligence; an official notification, dispatch, or ‘advice’ …1594
– BRAINS intelligence …1763
– BRAIN SURGERY something requiring a high level of intelligence or expertise; often used in a negative context to imply that something is not difficult …1973 humorous usage
– BRAIN WAR a battle based upon intelligence; a battle of the wits …1661
– CABEZ intelligence …1956 Trinidad and Tobago
– GREY MATTER intelligence …1965 sl.
– HALF-SENSE a minimum of intelligence or common sense …1937 Amer. dial.
– HOT BRAIN † an acute intelligence …a1616
– KIDNEY the brain; hence, intelligence …2003 Trinidad and Tobago
– KNOWLEDGE † the faculty of understanding or knowing; intelligence, intellect …a1387
– MOTHER WIT natural intelligence; common sense …c1440
– NODDLE the head as a seat (or not) of intelligence …L16 sl.
– NOODLE the head; the brain; intelligence …1803 UK sl.
– NOODLES brains, intelligence …1999 UK sl.
– NOTITION † knowledge, information, intelligence …c1485
– NUT the head; hence, brains, intelligence …1846 Brit. colloq.
– SABBE understanding, intelligence, awareness …L18
– SABBY understanding, intelligence, awareness …L18
– SAVEY understanding, intelligence, awareness …L18
– SAVV understanding, intelligence, awareness …L18
– SAVVEY, SAVVY understanding, intelligence, awareness …L18
– SCAVEY understanding, intelligence, awareness …L18
– SKILLWISENESS † discretion, intelligence, reason …a1200
– SMART intelligence …1970 US sl.
– SMARTS intelligence …1970 US sl.
– UPSTAIRS the mind, esp. as regards its intelligence …1920s US sl.
– UPTAKE intelligence, comprehension, understanding …1828 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
– UP TOP a person’s intelligence …1961 UK sl.
intelligence – verbs
– HAVE SHIT FOR BRAINS to be stupid; to lack intelligence …1986 Aust. sl.
intelligence – phrases
– ONLY FIFTY CARDS IN THE PACK said of someone slightly lacking in intelligence …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
INTELLIGENT – adjectives
– ALL THERE intelligent …colloq.
– APTISH intelligent, quick-witted …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CLUEY intelligent, bright, well-informed …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GAUM-LIKE having an intelligent look …1863 Eng. dial.
– HEADISH intelligent, clever, sharp …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HOOKED UP well put together; hence, well-dressed or intelligent …1933 Amer. sl.
– KEEN AS A BRIAR sly; quick-witted; intelligent …1834 Amer. dial.
– KENSPECKLE † perceptive, intelligent, knowledgeable …1827 Sc.
– LIKELY sensible, intelligent  …1809 Amer. dial.
– NAWPY clever, intelligent, shrewd; excelling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD-FASHIONED knowing, cunning, intelligent; precocious …1844 Eng. dial.
– ON THE KINIPOPO on target; on the ball; competent, alert, intelligent …1967 Hawaii
– QUICK ON THE BUZZER bright, intelligent, quick to act …19C sl.
– QUICK ON THE DRAW bright, intelligent, quick to act …19C sl.
– QUICK ON THE TRIGGER bright, intelligent, quick to act …19C sl.
– SCHOOLED intelligent, sophisticated …1960s US Black sl.
– SHARP AS A BAMBOO-BRIAR sly; quick-witted; intelligent …1880 Amer. dial.
– SHARP AS A BRIAR sly; quick-witted; intelligent …1902 Amer. dial.
– SHARP-WITTED perceptive, intelligent
– SKILLWISE † intelligent, discerning, clever …a1300
– SPACK † intelligent, clever …ME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SPARKLING lively, intelligent, and witty
– THOUGHTY thoughtful, given to reflection; attentive; intelligent …1823 Sc.
– TIDY intelligent, clever …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UPHEADED alert, shrewd, intelligent; self-confident, arrogant, haughty, conceited …1826 Amer. dial.
– WAKEN alert, brisk, lively; sharp; intelligent, quick-witted …1867 Eng. dial.
– WITTY skilful, clever, intelligent …1952 Amer. dial.
intelligent – nouns 
– LONGHEAD an intelligent, farseeing mind …1799 Amer dial.
intelligent – person
– BIT OF POSH an attractive young woman who is also considered intelligent or upper class …1977 UK sl.
– BRAINIAC an intelligent student …20C teen & high school sl.
– BRAIN SURGEON a person with a high level of intelligence or expertise; often used in a negative context …1987 humorous usage
– BRIGHT a person, esp. a child or pupil, regarded as intelligent or clever …1937
– BRIGHT SPARK a cheerful, alert person; a person of great intelligence, talent, or wit; a problem-solver, an innovator …1872
– GALLON HEAD an intelligent person …1980s US Black sl.
– GASSER a remarkable person, specifically, a remarkably stupid, amusing, or eccentric person; a remarkably talented, intelligent, cool person …1944 Amer. sl.
– GENIE † a person having great natural ability or exceptional intellectual power; a genius …1676
– GENIO † an exceptionally talented or intelligent person; a genius; a person of superior intellect …1684
– GENIUS an exceptionally intelligent or talented person, or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of art, science; etc.; a person endowed with genius …1711
– HEAD-PIECE * a man possessed of brains; a man of intellect; a clever, intelligent, or intellectual person …1647
– RADICAL one who believes in anything you disagree with; any person of intelligence …Bk1926 Amer. sl. 
– ROCKET SCIENTIST a very intelligent person (usually used in the negative) ….colloq., orig US
– SMIT SMOKE a highly intelligent Black person …1940s US Black sl.
– WISE-HEAD a cunning or intelligent person …Bk1919 Aust. services sl.
– YAVIS young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and successful people …Bk2006 Amer. sl. 
intelligent – verbs
– BEAR A BRAIN † to be able to think; to remember; to be cautious, thoughtful, or intelligent …a1529
– CARRY ONE’S HEAD ALONG WITH ONE to have all one’s wits about one; to be intelligent, quick …Bk1902 Eng. dial. 
– HAVE GUTS IN ONE’S BRAIN(S) to have a solid understanding; to be genuinely intelligent; to have sense …c1660 colloq.
– HAVE ONE’S HEAD ON to have all one’s wits about one; to be intelligent, quick …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAVE YOUR HEAD SCREWED (ON RIGHT) to be shrewd and businesslike; to have a practical intelligence …1821 UK sl.
– PLAY WITH A FULL DECK to be aware, intelligent …1960s sl.
– USE ONE’S BEAN to think, to act intelligently or sensibly, to work things out …1930s sl. 
– USE ONE’S CHUMP to act intelligently …20C sl.
– USE ONE’S LOAF to think, to act intelligently or sensibly, to work things out: to be clever, smart, or enterprising …1930s sl.
– USE ONE’S SKULL to think, to act intelligently or sensibly, to work things out …1930s sl.
– USE ONE’S TURNIP to think, to act intelligently or sensibly, to work things out …1930s sl. 
– USE THE NOGGIN to act intelligently; to be aware …E19 sl., orig. US
– WANT ONE’S HIP BUTTONS to be less than wholly intelligent …20C Ulster sl.
– WEAR A HEAD to be intelligent …E19 sl.
intelligent – phrases
– NOT AS GREEN AS YOU ARE CABBAGE-LOOKING more intelligent than you look …1931 UK jocular
 
INTELLIGIBLE – adjectives
– FATHOMABLE comprehensible, intelligible …1633
– UNCURIOUS † clear, intelligible …1601-3
intelligible – verbs 
– GET THROUGH ONE’S HEAD to make intelligible to one …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
INTEMPERATE – adjectives
– CRAPULOUS characterized by excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched; drunk; given to gluttony …1536
 
INTEND – verbs
– AIRTLE to ‘ettle’. to intend, to propose, to plan to do something …a1200 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
– ALLOT to anticipate, to look forward to, to intend …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALCILATE to calculate; to plan; to intend …1915 Amer. dial.
– CAST † to design, to purpose, to intend, to determine to do a thing …a1380
– EBBEN to intend, to propose …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ECCLE, ECKLE to aim or intend …1721 Eng. dial.
– ETTLE to intend, to propose, to have in mind, to purpose …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAVE A CALL to intend, to have a mind to …1944 Amer. dial.
– I-MUNTE † to intend, to determine …c1000 
– LAY BY to intend, to decide …1887 Amer. dial.
– LAY OFF to plan, to intend …1843 Amer. dial.
– LAY OUT to intend, to plan, to arrange …1828 Amer. dial.
– LAY UP to intend …1952 Amer. dial.
– LOT ON to count on, to intend to; to look forward to …1829 Amer. dial.
– MARK † to aim, to intend to do something …a1400 Sc.
– TEND to intend …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THREATEN to intend, to purpose; to promise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
INTENDED – adjectives
– BETHOUGHT † of a thing: intended, purposed, contrived …c1200
– NATE prepared; intended …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
INTENSE – adjectives
– BRIMSY extreme, intense …1950 Amer. dial.
– DEEP serious, intense …1990 US sl.
– EARNESTFUL † earnest; sincerely zealous; intense, ardent …1430
– HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc. …1929 Amer. sl.
– HUMMING notably large or active; energetic; vigorous, striking, intense …M17 sl.
– KNOCK-DOWN (AND) DRAG-OUT intense, violent …E19 colloq.
– KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OFF intense, violent …E19 colloq.
– KNOCK-DOWN-AND-PULL-OUT intense, violent …E19 colloq.
– ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful …1825 Sc.
– SAVAGE strong, intense …1940s sl.
– SERIOUS large; intense; important …1980s US Black sl.
– UNDEEMAN great beyond belief, incredibly big, intense, etc. …1808 Sc.
– VENGEABLE † very great, severe, strong, intense …1532
intense – phrases 
– HAVE IT BAD to be experiencing something, as illness, love, sexual obsession, etc., intensely …L19 sl.
– HAVE THEM BAD to be experiencing something, as illness, love, sexual obsession, etc., intensely…L19 sl.
 
INTENSELY – adverbs
– BREAMING intensely, very …1936 Amer. dial.
– BRINJING extremely, intensely …1950 Amer. dial.
– BY TOOTH AND TOENAIL fiercely, intensely …1923 Amer. dial.
– FULL OUT absolutely, completely, intensely …1918 US
– HARD very much, extremely; intensely …1850 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– IN A BIG WAY – very much, extremely, intensely, conspicuously; hence, passionately …1897
– LIKE STINK furiously, intensely …1919 colloq.
– MORTALLY extremely, intensely, seriously …1930 Amer. dial.
– LIKE STINK intensely, furiously …1920s sl.
– TO STINK intensely, furiously …1920s sl.
– VENGEANCE † extremely, intensely …1548
 
INTENSIFIER – a term that enhances and gives additional emotional context to the word it modifies
– ALL TO HECK a general intensifier …1950s US sl.
– ASS-KICKING a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully …1960s US sl.
– BALLY a euphemism for ‘bloody’. used as a vague intensive of general application; ‘confounded’, ‘jolly’ …1887 sl.
– BEDAMNED a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely …L16
– CHRISTLESS. god-damn, a general intensifier …1910s US sl.
– CHRISTLY a general intensifier …1910s US sl.
– DAM a general intensifier, complete, utter …L19
– DAMN adj. a general intensifier, complete, utter …1865
  adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely …M19
– DAMNED an intensifier, generally to negative effect; a strong expression of reprehension or dislike …1596 UK
– DARNED an intensifier; damned …1807 US euphemism
– DEAD intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly …1589
– DECENT an intensifier, both positive and negative …1940s sl.
– DOM’D a general intensifier; complete, utter …M19
– EARTHLESS used as a non-profane negative intensifier …1965 Barbados sl.
– EM-EFF ‘motherfucking’; a general intensifier …1950s euphemism, orig. US
– EMM-EFF ‘motherfucking’; a general intensifier …1950s euphemism, orig. US
– EVER-LOVING a general intensifier …1910s US sl.
– FACKING an intensifier; ‘fucking’ …2001 UK sl.
– FATAL completely, out-and-out; used as an intensifier …1927 Amer. dial.
– FATHER-FUCKING a general intensifier …1960s US homosexual sl.
– FETCHED confounded, damned; used for emphasis …1854 Amer. dial.
– FLAMING an intensifier …1895 UK sl.
– FLICKING an intensifier, fucking …20C sl.
– FLIPPING an intensifier …E20 sl.
– FREAKING an intensifier …M20 US sl.
– FRICKING a general intensifier …1930s euphemism for ‘fucking’
– FRIGGING a euphemism for ‘fucking’ …L19 sl.
– FRIGHTFUL an intensifier, awful, terrible, annoying, shocking …1700
– FUCKING an intensifier
– GORMED an intensifier; damned …1970 Amer. dial.
– HEAVENS an intensifier …1878 colloq.
– LIKE A BASTARD a general intensifier …1910s sl., orig. US
– LOUSY used as a derogatory intensive …1965 Amer. dial.
– MAD an intensifer …1972 US
– MAMA-JABBING a general intensifier; motherfucking …1940s euphemism
– MAMMY-DODGING a general intensifier, motherfucking …1920s sl.
– MAMMYFUCKING a general intensifier; motherfucking …1970s sl.
– MAMMY-JAMMING a general intensifier; motherfucking …1940s euphemism
– MAMMY-RAMMING a general intensifier; motherfucking …1960s euphemism
– MAMMY-RAMMY a general intensifier; motherfucking …1960s euphemism
– MAMMY-SCREWING a general intensifier, motherfucking …1960s semi-euphemism
– MAMMY-TAPPING a general intensifier, motherfucking …1960s euphemism
– MENTAL used as an intensifier meaning wonderful, bizarre, terrifying according to context …1990s sl.
– MONSTROUS † an intensifier …1710-11 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– MOTHER-HOPPING an intensifier …1960s US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUGGING an intensifier …1950s US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUMPING an intensifier …1960s US euphemism
– MOTHERRAMMING a general intensifier; ‘motherfucking’  …1960s US Black euphemism
– MUCKING used as an intensifier; a euphemism for ‘fucking’ …1887 UK sl.
– MUDDLEFUGGING intensifier; used for ‘motherfucking’ …1961 US euphemism
– NAFFING an intensifier, ‘fucking’ …1959 Brit. sl.
– ODIOUS used as an intensifier; exceedingly great …1898 Sc.
– OLD an intensifier; great, abundant, famous, fine …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PIGGING intensifier; a euphemism for ‘fucking’ …20C sl.
– QUARE good, excellent; also, a general intensifier …M19 Irish sl.
– QUITE TOO a general intensifier …L19 UK society sl.
– RAATID used as an intensifier that implies anger or strong disapproval …1994 UK Black usage
– RAD a general intensifier; extreme, excessive, very much, excellent, best; exciting, good …1982 sl., orig. US teen
– RAD-O a general intensifier; extreme, excessive, very much, excellent, best …1980s sl., orig. US teen
– RAGING a general intensifier …L19 sl.
– RAHTID used as an intensifier that implies anger or strong disapproval …1994 UK Black usage
– RAMPAGEROUS an intensifier, as a lot  of rampagerous damage …1891 Eng. dial.
– RAMPING an intensifier, as in ‘ramping good’ ….Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RARE an intensifier of a noun, as ‘a rare passion’ …M18
– RAVING an intensifier …1865 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– RHAATID used as an intensifier that implies anger or strong disapproval …1994 UK Black usage
– SCONE-HOT an intensifier, either positive or negative …1930s Aust. sl.
– TARNAL infernal; damned; damnable; used as an intensifier …1790 Amer. dial.
– TARNATION damned; used as an intensifier ..1783 Amer. dial.
– WHOLLOPING a general intensifier, usually as to size …M19 sl.
 
INTENSIFY – verbs
– IMPROVE † to make greater in amount or degree; to increase, to augment, to magnify, to enlarge, to intensify; to grow larger …1509 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NETTLE * to make sharp, to intensify …1821
 
INTENSIFYING – nouns
– MAJORATION † the act of increasing or intensifying …1626
 
INTENSIVELY – adverbs
– LIKE KILLING BLACK SNAKES very industriously, intensively …1906 Amer. dial.
– LIKE KILLING SNAKES very industriously, intensively …1956 Amer. dial.
 
INTENT – adjectives
– HEART-BOUND having the heart enchained or entirely devoted; intent …1580
– TENT watchful, attentive; keen; intent …1789 Sc.
intent – nouns 
– ETTLE an attempt, an effort, an endeavour, an aim, an intent …1839 Sc.
– HEART † intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire …c825
– OBTENT † purpose, intent …1430-50
intent – phrases
– I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I’M GONNA DO used as a humorous, self-explanatory if nonce announcement of intent …1948 US sl. 
 
INTENTION – nouns
– AFFECT † the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention …c1374
– BENT † that towards which an action, etc. is directed; aim, purpose, intention …1579
– ETTLEMENT intention …1790 Eng. dial.
– ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad …1887 Eng. dial.
– MEANINGS intentions …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
intention – verbs 
– OFFER to attempt, to try; to make an effort or start; to show intention or promise of …1722 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
INTENTIONALLY – adverbs
– AFFECTEDLY † with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly …1596
– A-PURPOSE on purpose, deliberately, intentionally …1816 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– I-WALDES † intentionally, voluntarily; of one’s own accord …a1000
 
INTENTLY – adverbs
– WITH ALL ONE’S EYES with an intense or keen gaze, intently; with full attention …1483
– WITH ALL THE EYES IN ONE’S HEAD with an intense or keen gaze, intently; with full attention …1548
 
INTERCEDE – verbs
– BEMEAN †* to mediate, to intercede …1459
 
INTERCEPT – verbs
– HEAD to intercept, to turn someone to something aside …1707 Amer. dial.
– HEAD OFF to intercept …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– KEEP † to lie in wait for, to watch for stealthily with hostile purpose; to intercept on the way;  …c1000
– KEP to meet, to intercept, to throw oneself in the way of a person or thing; to stop the course of; to receive the force of a blow …c1420 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
INTERCOM – nouns
– BOX an intercom …1948 Amer. sl.
– CHATTERBOX an announcing or intercommunication system …World War II usage
– SQUAWK-BOX a loudspeaker or public-address system; also, an intercom …1945 US sl.
 
INTEREST – nouns
– BABY one’s special project, interest, or responsibility …1890 sl.
– NIBBLE a non-committal expression of interest …1959 Brit. sl.
interest – verbs 
– HAVE A NICKEL IN THAT DIME to have an interest in a certain state of affairs …c1974 US Black sl.
– HOLD IN HAND to amuse; to interest …c1860 colloq.
 
INTEREST (finance) – nouns
– ADVANTAGE † pecuniary profit, gain; interest on money lent …1393
– BARMING interest arising from money …1823 Sc.
– GAVEL † interest on money lent; usury …a700
– INTRESS interest upon money …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– INTRUST interest upon money …1896 Eng. dial.
– USE-BRASS – interest on money …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– USE-MONEY – interest on money …1874 Eng. dial. 
– VIG interest on a loan or debt …1910s US sl.
– VIGERAGE interest on a loan or debt …1910s US sl.
– VIGGRESH interest on a loan or debt …1910s US sl.
interest (finance) – verbs 
– GAVEL †* to lend money on interest …1382
– USE to give interest on money …Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
 
INTERESTED – adjectives
– ALL ABOUT interested in …1999 US sl.
– ON ABOUT interested in, talking about …1950s sl.
– THRO † eager; keenly interested …1775 Eng. dial.
 
INTERESTING – adjectives
– CUNNING quaintly interesting; pretty, attractive …1854 sl. orig. US
– FUNNY odd, peculiar, strange; interesting, surprising, unexpected …1793 colloq.
– GOOD AS A PLAY very interesting; exceedingly amusing …1827
– KILLING fascinating, very interesting, wonderful …M19 sl., orig. US
interesting – nouns 
– ACTION what is going on or happening; thus a situation or state of affairs, anything exciting, current, interesting, depending on the context, e.g. the chance for sex, a musical performance, a night’s gambling …1920s sl., orig. US Black
– VA VA VOOM style; a powerful or seductive style; the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing …1996 US sl.
interesting – person
– IDENTITY a noted person; an odd, eccentric, or interesting person …1874 Aust. & NZ sl.
– MOTHER an interesting or remarkable person …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
interesting – verbs
– FUNK OUT to make more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven …1995
– FUNK UP to make more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven …1972
 
INTERFERE – verbs
– ACE to take part uninvited; to interfere …1935 US criminals’ sl.
– ACE IN to interfere, to become involved with …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– BEGIN to interfere, to molest …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIB IN to interfere …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– BUGGER ABOUT WITH to interfere or meddle with …1937
– BUGGER AROUND to interfere or meddle with …1961
– CHARVER to despoil; to interfere with and spoil one’s business …L19 sl.
– CHISEL IN to insinuate oneself, to butt in, to interfere …1926 Amer. sl.
– CRAB THE ACT to spoil things; to thwart someone’s plans; to interfere with someone or something …1906 Amer. sl.
– DABBLE † to meddle, tamper with; to interfere in …1660
– DACKER to interfere …1927 Sc.
– DISANNUL to disarrange, to inconvenience, to interfere with, to injure …1857 Eng. dial.
– ELT to meddle with, to interfere …1897 Sc.
– GIVE THE CALF MORE ROPE not to interfere …Bk1942 Amer. West. sl.
– GUM THE GAME to interfere; to spoil things …Amer. World War I sl.
– GUM THE WORKS to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck …1932
– GUM UP to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck …1901
– HORN IN ON to interfere; to intrude upon …L19 Aust.
– HUMBUG to interfere with; to bother …1904 Trinidad and Tobago
– INTROMIT to meddle with, to interfere; to associate ….1818 Sc.
– JAZZ UP to confuse; to mess up; to interfere with; to ruin or impair; to botch …1917 Amer. sl.
– MACO to interfere in other people’s affairs …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAKE to meddle, to interfere …1815 Sc.
– MAKE OR MEDDLE to interfere in any way …1773 Sc.
– MAKE OR MEND to interfere in any way …Bk1905 Eng dial. 
– MAKO to interfere in other people’s affairs …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAR † to hamper, to hinder, to interfere with, to interrupt or stop a person, event, or thing …c1000
– MARDLE to quarrel; to interfere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MEDDLE-MAKE to interfere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MEDDLE OR MAKE to interfere in matters which do not concern one …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MELL to meddle; to interfere; to join in battle …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MELL OR MAKE to interfere with …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MESS WITH to harass, to annoy, to interfere with …L19 sl.
– MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously …1889-90 Amer. sl.
– MONKEY to waste time, to fool around; to tamper, to meddle, to interfere, to fiddle with something or someone …1881 Amer. dial.
– MONKEY WITH to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously …1895 Amer. sl.
– MUCK UP to botch; to ruin; to interfere …1886 UK sl.
– NEB to intervene in another’s business; to intrude, to interfere …1893 chiefly N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NIB to pry, to meddle, to interfere …1942 Amer. dial.
– NIBSHIT to pry, to meddle, to interfere …1968 Amer. dial.
– PARRY WITH to meddle or tamper with, to have dealings with, to occupy oneself with, to interfere with …1815 Sc.
– POKE ONE’S BIB IN to interfere …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– POOT AROUND to mess around, to interfere …1947 Amer. dial.
– PUT IN ONE’S OAR to interfere; to voice an unwanted opinion …1730 sl.
– PUT THE HAND BETWEEN THE BARK AND THE TREE to interfere or meddle in matters which do not concern one, especially between husband and wife …19C
– PUT YOUR OAR IN to interfere in someone else’ s business …1730 UK sl.
– QUEER THE ACT to interfere, to spoil or thwart someone’s plans …1910s US sl.
– SCALD ONE’S LIPS IN OTHER FOLK’S KAIL to interfere in other people’s business, to one’s own hurt …1822 Sc.
– SCALD ONE’S LIPS IN OTHER FOLK’S KALE to meddle with other people’s business …1773 Sc.
– SHOVE IN YOUR OAR to interfere in someone else’ s business …1730 UK sl.
– SHOVE ONE’S OAR IN to interfere, to meddle …1870 colloq.
– SHOVE YOUR NOSE IN to interfere, to interpose rudely …1887 UK sl.
– SNOOP to pry, to interfere, to listen in …1920s sl., orig. US
– STICK ONE’S BIB IN to interfere …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– STICK ONE’S FACE IN to interfere, to be nosy …L19 US sl.
– STICK YOUR NOSE IN to interfere, to interpose rudely …1887 UK sl.
– TAKE A COURSE WITH to cause problems for; to interfere with …E17 sl.
– TIG to interfere; to meddle; to do have to do with …1599 Sc.
– TIG WITH to meddle, to interfere …1889 Sc.
interfere – phrases
– WHO PULLED YOUR CHAIN? who asked you to interfere …1925 US sl.
– WHO’S ROBBING THIS COACH? said when someone else is interfering …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
INTERFERENCE – nouns
– FACE interference, nosiness …19C US sl.
– HANDLING interference, intermeddling …1895 Sc.
– HAND-SHAKING an interference, intermeddling …Bk1905 Sc.
 
INTERFERING – adjectives
– ATHWART ONE’S HAWSE across one’s path; in one’s way; interfering …1827 Amer. dial.
– BUSY interfering, nosy …1970s
– DABBLESOME meddling, tampering, interfering with …1866 nonce word
– FAST interfering, meddlesome …1940s W. Indies sl.
– FAST AND OUT OF PLACE emphatically over-concerned with the affairs of others …2003 Trinidad and Tobago
– GIPSY interfering, irritatingly inquisitive …20C W. Indies sl.
– GYPSY interfering, meddling, nosy, officious, irritatingly inquisitive …20C W. Indies sl.
– METE meddlesome, interfering …20C W. Indies sl.
– TABBY interfering, inquisitive, judgemental …1920s US sl.
– UP IN SOMEONE’S SHIT interfering, poking one’s nose in …2000s US Black sl.
interfering – nouns
– NOSE TROUBLE a propensity for interfering …1930s US sl.
– TABBYISM acting as a querulous, interfering old woman …L17 sl.
interfering – person 
– BIDDY an old woman, generally irritating or interfering; a fussy, mean, or quarrelsome old woman; usually as ‘old biddy’ …1833 sl.
– BUNGO-BESSY an interfering busybody …1940s W. Indies
– BUTTERINSKY one who interferes; a meddler …1903 Amer. dial.
– BUTTINSKI, BUTTINSKY one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler …1902 Amer. dial.
– DANDY-PUFF an interfering, meddlesome young person …Bk1900 Eng. dial. 
– EYEBALLER a meddlesome or interfering person …1920 Amer. dial.
– FARELOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others …1856 Eng. dial.
– FARLOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others …1856 Eng. dial.
– GAMP an idle, meddling person, an interfering busybody; a buffoon, an empty-headed, noisy fellow …Bk1900 Sc.
– GIEZIE † a person fond of prying into matters which don’t concern him; an interfering person …1824 Sc.
– GIL, GILL a nosy, inquisitive, interfering person; a busybody …1823 UK sl.
– JACK-STICKLER † a meddlesome or interfering person; a busybody …1579
– KABITZER an unasked adviser; an interferer …1910s Amer.
– MARPLOT one who mars or defeats a plot or design by officious interference, or hinders the success of any undertaking …1708
– MEDDLE BOX an interfering nosy person; a busybody …1968 Amer. dial.
– MEDDLESOME BOX an interfering nosy person; a busybody …1968 Amer. dial.
– MEDDLESOME MATILDY an interfering nosy person; a busybody …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEDDLESOME MATTIE an interfering nosy person; a busybody …1946 Amer. dial.
– MELLER † a person who meddles, interferes, or deals in something; a person who is involved in some affair …​c1450 obs. exc. Sc.
​- NIBBER one who interferes or meddles; a busybody …1968 Amer. dial.
– PAULA PRY a meddlesome or interfering woman …1950 Amer. dial.
– PAUL PRY a meddlesome or interfering person …1840 Amer. dial.
 
INTERIOR – adjectives
– BEN inner, interior …1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
INTERLOPER – person
– BASTARD FROM THE BUSH, THE an uncivilized interloper who imposes himself on the society he enters …1962 Aust. sl.
– FARELOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others …1856 Eng. dial.
– FARLOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others …1856 Eng. dial.
 
INTERMEDIATE – adjectives
– INTERMEJIT adj. intermediate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
intermediate – nouns 
– BETWEENITY anything intermediate …1760
– BETWEENS intermediate things or events …1872
 
INTERMINABLE – adjectives
– WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable …1691 Eng. dial.