HEADACHES Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

headaches

noun

plural of headache

as in jobs

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work filling out all the required forms was a real headache

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as in frustrations

something that is a source of irritation one of the headaches of being a band teacher is never knowing if the school's music program will be cut

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Recent Examples of headaches Those with the condition, which was eventually named Minamata disease, had symptoms including tremors, headaches, seizures, vision and hearing problems, ataxia, dysarthria, memory loss, and cognitive decline. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026 Patients may experience a very high fever, headaches, neck pain, stupor, disorientation, muscle weakness and other serious symptoms. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 But her backchannel relationship with the president also caused headaches for Fox management. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 The neighboring Olive Park Village Apartments have suffered frequent fires, causing headaches, costly repairs and near constant anxiety for homeowners. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Common side effects for flu and COVID-19 vaccines are mild and temporary, such as sore arms, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches, and mild fever. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Common side effects for flu and COVID-19 vaccines are mild and temporary, such as sore arms, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches and mild fever. — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Tibbetts says the fires have already created plenty of logistics headaches. — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026 But nightmare headaches and blood pressure spikes from her teenage years came back at age 24. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

In April, Flock Safety opened a 97,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Smyrna that is intended to create more than 200 jobs over the next three years as part of a $10 million investment.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
The merger and streaming boom created more jobs than any period in the history of the business — many of them platform-filler corporate crimes.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jobs

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The past few weeks have seen the former host of To Catch a Predator repeatedly voice his frustrations with Oppenheim’s Primetime, A24’s dark thriller that will explore the origins of Hansen’s controversial Dateline segment.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
The festering frustrations over Moreno’s meddling and middling tenure as owner were on full display throughout what is now the team’s 11th consecutive losing season.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of frustrations

Noun

In March, a Jackson County judge ordered Millennia to board up the property and fix those nuisances.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
The number of bears killed by motor vehicle strikes, euthanized as nuisances because of conflicts with humans or poached in the Central Florida region over the past decade total about 1,900.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of nuisances

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Rød-Larsen's lawyer, John Christian Elden of the Norwegian law firm Elden Law, welcomed Norwegian law enforcement efforts to seek additional evidence from DOJ.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Since then, awareness and efforts to combat AMR have increased – but so has the threat.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of efforts

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Programs such as HyCAT are intended to provide more frequent opportunities to test technologies in realistic flight conditions, potentially allowing developers to identify problems earlier and iterate more quickly.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The court also said any problems caused by the timing of the ruling is the fault of the secretary of state, who waited eight months before making a decision on the ballot initiative.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of problems

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The healthcare industry’s voluntary agreements appeal to voters who feel government regulation drives up costs and places unnecessary burdens on businesses, some supporters say.

— Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
The government does not account for compliance burdens that do not involve forms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026