Synonyms for bore
bɔr, boʊrbore

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bore

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, weary, penetrate

   Antonyms:
   please, gratify, delight

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. bore, dullardnoun

   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, eagernoun

   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, calibrenoun

   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 holeverb

   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, tireverb

   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, drillverb

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Tidal Flow
   • Unpleasant Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boreverb

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, drill

2. boreverb

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

3. borenoun

   Synonyms:
   hole, calibre

4. borenoun

   Synonyms:
   proser, button-holder

5. borenoun

   Synonyms:
   eagre, great tidal flood

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. borenoun

   Synonyms:
   perforation, caliber, tiresome person, proser

2. boreverb

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

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

1. List of paraphrases for "bore":

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

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1. La Bruy?re:

   It is the character of a simpleton to be a bore. A man of sense sees at once whether he is welcome or tiresome; he knows to withdraw the moment that precedes that in which he would be in the least in the way.

2. Voltaire:

   The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

3. Wallace Stevens:

   Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.

4. Laurence J. Peter:

   A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

5. Henry Louis Mencken:

   The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.