Synonyms for bore
bɔr, boʊr

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bore, dullard(noun)

   a person who evokes boredom

   Synonyms:
   tidal bore, stupid person, caliber, gauge, pudding head, dolt, eagre, eager, calibre, stupid, stupe, dullard, pillock, pudden-head, poor fish, drill hole, bore-hole, aegir

   Antonyms:
   interest

2. tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager(noun)

   a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

   Synonyms:
   dullard, aegir, eager, bore-hole, eagre, drill hole, calibre, caliber, tidal bore, gauge

   Antonyms:
   interest

3. bore, gauge, caliber, calibre(noun)

   diameter of a tube or gun barrel

   Synonyms:
   dullard, gage, aegir, eager, bore-hole, standard of measurement, eagre, drill hole, quality, calibre, caliber, tidal bore, gauge

   Antonyms:
   interest

4. bore, bore-hole, drill hole(verb)

   a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

   Synonyms:
   dullard, aegir, eager, bore-hole, eagre, drill hole, calibre, caliber, tidal bore, gauge

   Antonyms:
   interest

5. bore, tire(verb)

   cause to be bored

   Synonyms:
   fag out, weary, play out, wear upon, pall, drill, fatigue, run down, exhaust, tire, wear out, sap, wear, outwear, tire out, wear down, jade

   Antonyms:
   interest

6. bore, drill(verb)

   make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

   "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"

   Synonyms:
   tire, practise, drill, practice, exercise

   Antonyms:
   interest

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bore

   Synonyms:
   annoy, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary

   Antonyms:
   amuse, beguile, cheer, delight, disport, divert, enliven, entertain, gratify, interest, occupy, please, recreate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. bore

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, weary, penetrate

   Antonyms:
   please, gratify, delight

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bore(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, drill

2. bore(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   weary (by tedious repetition), fatigue, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy

3. bore(n.)

   Synonyms:
   hole, calibre

4. bore(n.)

   Synonyms:
   proser, button-holder

5. bore(n.)

   Synonyms:
   eagre, great tidal flood

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bore(n)

   Synonyms:
   perforation, caliber, tiresome person, proser

2. bore(v)

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, drill, weary, tire, annoy, fatigue

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   boron, diameter, piercing, bores, annoy, boring, boredom, wore

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How to use bore in a sentence?

1. Paul Scofield:

   These birds evolved in different hemispheres, millions of years apart, but from a distance you would be hard-pressed The giant penguins, like these Kumimanu, that lived in Aotearoa New Zealand around 60 million years ago bore a striking resemblance to some plotopterids. (Mark Witton) to tell them apart, plotopterids looked like penguins, they swam like penguins, they probably ate like penguins -- but they werent penguins.

2. Remy de Gourmont:

   If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be --not understood, but divined.

3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   The shades of night were falling fast,As though an Alpine village passedA youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,A banner with the strange device,ExcelsiorHis brow was sad his eye beneath,Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,And like a silver clarion rungThe accents of that unknown tongue,Excelsior

4. Billy Graham:

   No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross to save us. He bore our sins. And now God says, Because He did, I can forgive you.

5. Frank Moore Colby:

   Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

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