Synonyms of pain

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noun

1

as in ache

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body

the child was crying because of a pain in her knee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ache
• pang
• tingle
• sting
• soreness
• swelling
• stitch
• agony
• twinge
• discomfort
• prick
• suffering
• sore
• headache
• tenderness
• anguish
• shoot
• distress
• misery
• inflammation
• smart
• hurt
• injury
• torture
• throe
• torment
• harm
• backache
• sufferance
• toothache
• colic
• damage
• affliction
• detriment
• stomachache
• gripe
• earache
• bellyache
• complaint
• charley horse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• comfort
• easiness

• ease
• comfort
• easiness

2

as in agony

a state of great suffering of body or mind

a sprained ankle caused him great pain for a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agony
• distress
• anguish
• misery
• discomfort
• torment
• torture
• hurt
• sorrow
• sadness
• pang
• tribulation
• woe
• excruciation
• heartbreak
• hardship
• travail
• ache
• difficulty
• affliction
• heartache
• rack
• trouble
• unhappiness
• danger
• strait(s)
• soreness
• emergency
• cross
• twinge
• smarting
• crucible
• joylessness
• trial
• stitch
• pinch
• jeopardy
• rigor
• throe
• asperity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relief
• alleviation
• comfort
• ease
• solace
• consolation
• peace
• assuagement
• security
• well-being

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• relief
• alleviation
• comfort
• ease
• solace
• consolation
• peace
• assuagement
• security
• well-being

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3

as in care

pains plural strict attentiveness to what one is doing

asked the movers to take pains to be sure that they didn't damage anything while moving the furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• care
• carefulness
• attention
• scrupulousness
• closeness
• conscientiousness
• meticulosity
• observation
• concentration
• meticulousness
• watchfulness
• heed
• focus
• responsibility
• observance
• effort
• vigilance
• heedfulness
• mindfulness
• alertness
• trouble
• precision
• advertency
• painstaking
• punctiliousness
• exactness
• irreproachability
• advertence
• bother
• irreproachableness
• particularity
• dutifulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• negligence
• inattentiveness
• heedlessness
• inattention
• inadvertence
• inadvertency
• inobservance

• negligence
• inattentiveness
• heedlessness
• inattention
• inadvertence
• inadvertency
• inobservance

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4

as in work

pains plural the active use of energy in producing a result

she was at pains to reassure us that everything would be fine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• work
• labor
• exertion
• effort
• trouble
• expenditure
• sweat
• while
• power
• toil
• strain
• muscle
• drudgery
• elbow grease
• travail
• energy
• might
• grind
• slog
• try
• dint
• trial
• go
• force
• stab
• endeavor
• attempt
• pass
• puissance
• whack
• shot
• essay
• fling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• smoothness
• facility
• fluency
• inertia
• inaction
• laziness
• inactivity
• indolence
• idleness
• adroitness
• quiescence
• dormancy
• languor

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• ease
• smoothness
• facility
• fluency
• inertia
• inaction
• laziness
• inactivity
• indolence
• idleness
• adroitness
• quiescence
• dormancy
• languor

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5

as in nuisance

one who is obnoxiously annoying

sometimes that child, who apparently never tires of asking questions, can be such a pain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuisance
• annoyance
• pest
• annoyer
• headache
• tease
• bother
• gadfly
• gnawer
• nudnick
• pain in the neck
• persecutor
• plague
• nudnik
• teaser
• tormentor
• torturer
• interrupter
• heckler
• harrier
• tormenter
• hassle
• interruptor
• harasser
• molester

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smoothie
• charmer
• comforter
• soother
• smoothy
• solacer

• smoothie
• charmer
• comforter
• soother
• smoothy
• solacer

pain

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verb

as in to ache

to feel or cause physical pain

my poor head was paining so from all that racket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ache
• hurt
• throb
• tingle
• sting
• smart
• swell
• anguish
• cramp
• bite
• itch
• torment
• bleed
• twinge
• torture
• suffer
• rack
• pinch
• nag
• burn
• pound
• fester
• harrow
• afflict
• chafe
• agonize

Phrases Containing pain

• pain in the neck

• pain in the neck