Thesaurus
bother
Synonyms and Antonyms of bother
- the whole household was in a bother, as our overnight guests were expected to arrive any minute
ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
- the woman next-door is such a bother—always dropping in at the most inopportune moments!
- returning damaged goods is a real bother
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, hair shirt, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
- never let his personal bothers interfere with his responsibilities at work
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, botheration, exasperation, frustration, grief, irritation, pip [chiefly British], vexation
bother
Synonyms and Antonyms of bother
- I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me
- it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
- just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details
- the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
Synonym Discussion of bother
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- their constant complaining annoys us
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- vexed by her son's failure to clean his room
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- careless waste irks the boss
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- don't bother me while I'm reading
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