FUSSERS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

fussers

noun

plural of fusser

as in complainers

a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things sat next to an insufferable fusser, who whined during the entire bus trip

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happy campers

as in crabs

an irritable and complaining person a natural fusser who has never had a glimmer of gratitude for anything done for him

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Noun

Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?

— Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026

Definition of complainers

Noun

One employee pulls out crabs with a small net before letting a customer take their pick of the lot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Advertisement On the other side of the continent, in 2020, the first green crabs were detected on Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of crabs

Noun

Public health knowledge and guidance on this topic continues to develop, the health department said, but a measles infection increases the risk of complications for pregnant mothers and their babies.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Under the federal guidance at the time, parents of babies born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B can decide with their health care provider whether to vaccinate at birth or begin the series later.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of babies

Noun

And Winnie-the-Pooh continues to sit, in a thoughtful sort of way, which is what very old bears in very nice glass cases mostly do.

— STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
His high-fashion clowns, bears and other quirks always deliver.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of bears

Noun

Many spent their days suspended from steel cables, raised and lowered along the mountainside by hand cranks.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
In 2022, a group calling itself the America First SOS Coalition endorsed a slate of cranks and quacks who ran for secretary of state in 14 states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of cranks

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