Synonyms for bother
ˈbɒð ərboth·er

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1. botherinterjection

   Synonyms:
   disturb, annoy, irritate, vex, put out, blast, darn, dang

2. botherverb

   To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

   Would it bother you if I smoked?

   Synonyms:
   darn, dang, blast, vex, put out, irritate, disturb, annoy

3. botherverb

   To do something at one's own inconvenience.

   Why do I even bother to try?

   Synonyms:
   irritate, put out, disturb, annoy, vex

4. botherverb

   To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

   You didn't even bother to close the door.

   Synonyms:
   disturb, irritate, annoy, vex, put out

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1. bother

   Synonyms:
   fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease, confusion, vexation, flurry, trouble

   Antonyms:
   calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet

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1. fuss, trouble, bother, hasslenoun

   an angry disturbance

   "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

   Synonyms:
   pain in the ass, problem, squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, botheration, flap, bicker, tiff, difficulty, hassle, stir, flurry, dogfight, rough-and-tumble, ado, infliction, tizzy, pain, bustle, pother, trouble, spat, fuss, annoyance, worry, scuffle, bickering, pain in the neck, tussle

2. annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the assverb

   something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   aggravator, annoying, painful sensation, hurting, painfulness, botheration, pain in the ass, pain sensation, chafe, hassle, infliction, irritation, fuss, pain, trouble, imposition, vexation, annoyance, nuisance, pain in the neck

3. trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneselfverb

   take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

   "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"

   Synonyms:
   discommode, unhinge, get at, disorder, rile, perturb, gravel, inconvenience oneself, upset, distract, nettle, inconvenience, vex, ail, nark, disquiet, irritate, devil, chafe, cark, annoy, put out, incommode, disoblige, pain, rag, trouble, disturb, trouble oneself, get to

4. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devilverb

   cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

   Synonyms:
   nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, rile, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, get to, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, rag, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, gravel, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, nettle, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplus

5. trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, botherverb

   to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

   "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

   Synonyms:
   put under, get at, bring out, anaesthetise, irritate, hold out, douse, retire, pain, rile, disquiet, gravel, ail, perturb, anaesthetize, publish, extend, get to, trouble oneself, anesthetize, stretch out, put out, nark, nettle, chafe, unhinge, incommode, cark, disoblige, trouble, discommode, disorder, stretch forth, annoy, upset, exsert, smother, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, anesthetise, issue, vex, rag, release, disturb, distract, devil

6. botherverb

   intrude or enter uninvited

   "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"

   Synonyms:
   discommode, rile, devil, inconvenience oneself, nettle, trouble, chafe, vex, trouble oneself, irritate, inconvenience, put out, incommode, annoy, disoblige, rag, nark, get to, get at, gravel

7. botherverb

   make nervous or agitated

   "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

   Synonyms:
   discommode, rile, devil, inconvenience oneself, nettle, trouble, chafe, vex, trouble oneself, irritate, inconvenience, put out, incommode, annoy, disoblige, rag, nark, get to, get at, gravel

8. botherverb

   make confused or perplexed or puzzled

   Synonyms:
   discommode, rile, devil, inconvenience oneself, nettle, trouble, chafe, vex, trouble oneself, irritate, inconvenience, put out, incommode, annoy, disoblige, rag, nark, get to, get at, gravel

Matched Categories

1. • Agitate
   • Confuse
   • Intrude
   • Strain

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1. botherverb

   Synonyms:
   perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex, plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester

2. bothernoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] perplexity, vexation, annoyance, plague, trouble, bore

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1. bothernoun

   Synonyms:
   petty trouble, annoyance, inconvenience

2. botherverb

   Synonyms:
   trouble, annoy, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, worry, molest

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1. List of paraphrases for "bother":

   disturb, annoy, mind, interrupt

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1. Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce:

   The ABS statistics are way below what I think the truth is, a lot of people just don't bother to fill out the ABS paperwork if they don't want their story being told.

2. Chairman Randy Kelley:

   I hate to bother you with this matter, but it appears that it is not going to stop; and such is not helpful. The vice chair ran for chair of the Alabama Democratic Party, she lost but she refuses to accept the results, i was elected as chair without a runoff. But our vice chair is doing everything at her command to frustrate, undermine, interfere, and prevent the Democratic Party from moving foward. She is also challenging my leadership.

3. Justin Thomas:

   I don't care what people are talking about, it doesn't bother me.

4. Sabrina Swain:

   It did not bother us at all.

5. Raffaello Pantucci:

   If The US now goes to Cuba and says they want to reset back to where things were at the end of the Obama administration, Cuba can legitimately ask why The US should bother when The US's possible that someone like Donald Trump could be elected again in 2024.