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 paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "bore":

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

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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. H. L. Mencken:

   The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals.

3. H. L. Mencken:

   The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

4. Henry Kissinger:

   The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

5. Wallace Stevens:

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

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