Synonyms for BUG
bʌgbug

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1. bugnoun

   Synonyms:
   Buh

2. bugnoun

   A manually positioned marker in flight instruments

   Synonyms:
   wiretap

3. bugnoun

   A semi-automated telegraph key

   Synonyms:
   wiretap

4. bugnoun

   The HIV.

   Synonyms:
   wiretap

5. Bugnoun

   To annoy.

   Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

   Synonyms:
   wiretap, Buh

6. bugnoun

   To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

   These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

   Synonyms:
   Buh, wiretap

7. bugnoun

   Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.

   Synonyms:
   wiretap

8. bugnoun

   A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

   The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 5.

   Synonyms:
   wiretap

9. bugnoun

   A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it

   He’s got the flu bug.

   Synonyms:
   wiretap

10. bugnoun

    An enthusiasm for something; an obsession

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

11. bugnoun

    An electronic intercept device

    We installed a bug in her telephone

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

12. bugnoun

    A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

    He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

13. bugnoun

    A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it

    Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. bugnoun

   general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

   Synonyms:
   hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteron, germ, microbe, hemipteran

2. bug, glitchnoun

   a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

   Synonyms:
   hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteron, germ, bug, microbe, hemipteran

3. bugnoun

   a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

   Synonyms:
   hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteron, germ, microbe, hemipteran

4. hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteronnoun

   insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

   Synonyms:
   hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteran, hemipteron, germ, bug, microbe

5. microbe, bug, germverb

   a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

   Synonyms:
   seed, hemipteran, hemipterous insect, bug, glitch, germ, source, microbe, hemipteron

6. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguerverb

   annoy persistently

   "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

   Synonyms:
   bait, badger, taunt, surround, tease, fluff, loosen, tap, wiretap, circumvent, bug, twit, tease apart, intercept, cod, tantalize, tantalise, besiege, ride, rag, card, razz, beleaguer, hem in, pester, rally

7. wiretap, tap, intercept, bugverb

   tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

   "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

   Synonyms:
   solicit, tease, exploit, wiretap, tip, rap, badger, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, stop, beleaguer, pester

Matched Categories

1. • Defect
   • Insect
   • Microphone
   • Torment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bug":

   insect, glitch, error, squealer, microbe, beetle, cockroach, earpiece, insects, pest

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1. Katie Moussouris:

   It's great that DHS is working with hackers and welcoming their findings ; however, time-bound bug bounty programs do not deliver consistent security improvements, it's time to mature government vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programs towards measurable security outcomes.

2. Guy Rosen:

   This is a bug in an anti-spam system, unrelated to any change in our content moderator workforce, we've restored all the posts that were incorrectly removed, which included posts on all topics - not just those related to COVID-19. This was an issue with an automated system that removes links to abusive websites, but incorrectly removed a lot of other posts too.

3. Apple Inc:

   We want to assure our customers that as soon as our engineering team became aware of the details necessary to reproduce the bug, they quickly disabled Group FaceTime and began work on the fix, we are committed to improving the process by which we receive and escalate these reports, in order to get them to the right people as fast as possible.

4. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   Get a good night's sleep and don't bug anybody without asking me. (To re-election campaign manager Clark MacGregor)

5. Rich Kulawiec:

   Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.