DRONERS Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

droners

noun

plural of droner

as in bores

someone or something boring the movie turned out to be a droner

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Noun

Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.

— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of bores

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On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of yawns

Noun

For severe dehydration, IV drips are described as effective, but for mild cases most people can recover simply by drinking water.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
How in-suite IV drips work A licensed practitioner sets up an intravenous line in the guest’s room and administers a saline solution mixed with vitamins, minerals or other additives.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of drips

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