Word relationships
Synonyms
annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
Local English word record
bother
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Practice this wordExamples
- washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
- a bit of a bother
- he's not a friend, he's an infliction
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.