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trouble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trouble

1 an abnormal state that disrupts a plantʼs or animal's normal bodily functioning

  • hoping that the doctor will be able to accurately diagnose my trouble
Synonyms of trouble

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness
Words Related to trouble

contagion, contagious disease

contagium, infection

attack, bout, fit, spell

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague
Near Antonyms of trouble

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

fettle, shape
Antonyms of trouble

health, wellness

2 something that may cause injury or harm

  • that wild dog is trouble, so stay away
Synonyms of trouble

danger, hazard, imminence, menace, peril, pitfall, risk, threat
Words Related to trouble

snare, trap

booby trap
Near Antonyms of trouble

guard, protection, safeguard, shield, ward

asylum, harbor, haven, refuge, retreat, shelter

3 something that requires thought and skill for resolution

  • the police officers first broke up the fight and then asked what the trouble was
Synonyms of trouble

case, challenge, knot, matter, nut, problem
Words Related to trouble

issue, question

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, spot

crux, Gordian knot, sticky wicket, toughie (also toughy)

catch-22, dilemma, quandary

catch, glitch, hitch, pitfall, snag

conundrum, enigma, mystery, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle

brainteaser, poser, stumper
Near Antonyms of trouble

magic bullet, silver bullet

cure-all, panacea
Antonyms of trouble

answer, solution

4 the active use of energy in producing a result

  • please, don't go to all that trouble just for me
Synonyms of trouble

effort, elbow grease, exertion, expenditure, labor, pains, sweat, while, work
Words Related to trouble

drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail

dint, energy

force, might, muscle, power, puissance

attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack
Near Antonyms of trouble

adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness

dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence

5 the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil

  • if you think your brother might be in trouble, then let's go check up on him
Synonyms of trouble

danger, distress, endangerment, harm's way, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk
Words Related to trouble

exposure, liability, openness, vulnerability

precariousness, threat

susceptibility, susceptibleness

defenselessness, helplessness, weakness
Near Antonyms of trouble

preservation, salvation

defense, protection

exemption, immunity, impunity, inviolability, invulnerability
Antonyms of trouble

safeness, safety, secureness, security

trouble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trouble

1 to experience concern or anxiety

  • don't trouble about me—Iʼll be fine
Synonyms of trouble

bother, fear, fret, fuss, stew, stress, sweat, worry
Words Related to trouble

agonize

long, pine, yearn

chafe

despair
Phrases Synonymous with trouble

give a hang (or care a hang), sweat blood
Near Antonyms of trouble

accept

abide, bear, endure, stick out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate

2 to cause discomfort to or trouble for

  • I hate to trouble you, but would you mind moving for a minute so I can sweep under your chair?
Synonyms of trouble

discommode, disoblige, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, put out
Words Related to trouble

burden, encumber, saddle, weigh

fetter, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, tie up, trammel

aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, exasperate, gall, get, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, rile, vex

grate, inflame (also enflame), provoke

agitate, perturb, upset
Near Antonyms of trouble

abet, aid, assist, help

ease, facilitate, smooth

appease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, pacify, placate

delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy

comfort, console, content
Antonyms of trouble

accommodate, favor, oblige

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