Home › Words › I › intervenientintervenient/ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/intervenient means being only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental.intervenient is pronounced /ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/.EtymologyFrom the present participle stem of Latin intervenīre.adjBeing only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental.e.g.“We are confronted by two intervenient facts of significant importance.” — 1971, Supreme Court of Michigan, Thompson v. Enz, 385 Mich. 103, 188 N.W.2d 579Intervening, interceding, placed or coming between.e.g.“The massive slopes rose on every hand; from deep intervenient ravines came now and then silver gleams of mountain torrents among the crags and the pines.” — 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 133:nounOne who intervenes.e.g.“One intervenient said that whereas we cannot prevent tourism, we can at least try to minimize the impact and the destabilizing effects.” — 2006, "Is the Sacred for Sale? Tourism & Indigenous Peoples," Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (www.unpo.org), 7 Aug.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.interveningly 73% match — So as to intervene or come between. vs intervenient →interventive 72% match — Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening. vs intervenient →intervenue 71% match — interposition, the insertion of something between others. vs intervenient →intercedent 68% match — Interceding: Passing between; mediating vs intervenient →interveniency 68% match — intervention or interposition vs intervenient →ancillary 67% match — Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary. vs intervenient →circumstantial 65% match — Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential. vs intervenient →intervenable 62% match — Able to be intervened in; vulnerable to intervention. vs intervenient →