Synonyms for fret
frɛtfret

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1. fret, stew, sweat, lather, swithernoun

   agitation resulting from active worry

   "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"

   Synonyms:
   elbow grease, suds, effort, swither, sweat, stew, perspiration, worn spot, lather, sudor, travail, soapsuds, exertion, key pattern

2. worn spot, fretnoun

   a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion

   Synonyms:
   swither, key pattern, worn spot, sweat, stew, lather

3. fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key patternnoun

   an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)

   "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"

   Synonyms:
   key pattern, stew, sweat, lather, swither, worn spot

4. fretverb

   a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

   Synonyms:
   key pattern, stew, sweat, lather, swither, worn spot

5. fuss, niggle, fretverb

   worry unnecessarily or excessively

   "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

   Synonyms:
   squabble, rankle, pettifog, gag, quibble, mother, chafe, erode, eat into, brabble, eat away, scratch, bicker, fuss, grate, gall, choke, niggle, overprotect, fray, rub

6. fretverb

   be agitated or irritated

   "don't fret over these small details"

   Synonyms:
   choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag

7. fretverb

   provide (a musical instrument) with frets

   "fret a guitar"

   Synonyms:
   choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag

8. chafe, gall, fretverb

   become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

   Synonyms:
   eat into, get at, rile, rankle, devil, irk, nettle, gag, vex, excoriate, irritate, chafe, erode, eat away, scratch, bother, annoy, fuss, fray, gall, choke, niggle, rag, nark, grate, get to, rub, gravel

9. fretverb

   cause annoyance in

   Synonyms:
   choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag

10. eat into, fret, rankle, grateverb

    gnaw into; make resentful or angry

    "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

    Synonyms:
    grind, rankle, gag, chafe, erode, eat into, scrape, scratch, fuss, grate, gall, choke, niggle, eat away, fray, rub

11. fretverb

    carve a pattern into

    Synonyms:
    choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag

12. fretverb

    decorate with an interlaced design

    Synonyms:
    choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag

13. choke, gag, fretverb

    be too tight; rub or press

    "This neckband is choking the cat"

    Synonyms:
    drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, rub, clog, rankle, conk, eat away, asphyxiate, eat into, erode, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, chafe, quip, go, scratch, heave, pass, choke off, fuss, die, suffocate, niggle, gall, exit, congest, scrag, grate, retch, stifle, fray

14. rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratchverb

    cause friction

    "my sweater scratches"

    Synonyms:
    fuss, eat into, itch, excise, gag, choke, scratch up, nark, erode, excoriate, bother, rile, scrub, gravel, strike, rub, inscribe, rankle, get to, eat away, come up, scrape up, scrape, cancel, nettle, gall, call off, chafe, get at, engrave, scratch, irritate, annoy, frazzle, niggle, rag, expunge, vex, grate, fray, devil, grave

15. erode, eat away, fretverb

    remove soil or rock

    "Rain eroded the terraces"

    Synonyms:
    gnaw, rankle, gag, chafe, erode, eat into, fray, gnaw at, fuss, grate, eat at, gall, choke, wear away, eat away, niggle, rub, scratch

16. fret, eat awayverb

    wear away or erode

    Synonyms:
    choke, fuss, eat into, eat away, rankle, niggle, chafe, fray, scratch, grate, erode, rub, gall, gag

Matched Categories

1. • Annoy
   • Carve
   • Constrict
   • Corrode
   • Damage
   • Decorate
   • Handicraft
   • Irritate
   • Provide
   • Touch
   • Worry

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fretverb

   Synonyms:
   rub, chafe, wear (by friction), wear away

2. fretverb

   Synonyms:
   vex, tease, irritate, gall, provoke, nettle, affront, make angry

3. fretverb

   Synonyms:
   variegate, diversify

4. fretverb

   Synonyms:
   chafe, fume, rage, be vexed, be irritated, be chafed, be peevish, be fretful, be angry

5. fretnoun

   Synonyms:
   agitation, irritation, vexation

6. fretnoun

   Synonyms:
   herpes, tetter, ringworm

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

1. fretnoun

   Synonyms:
   vexation, agitation, irritation, herpes, tetter, ringworm, whelk, wale, ridge

2. fretverb

   Synonyms:
   chafe, abrade, fray, rub, gnaw, corrode, roughen, ruffle, agitate, worry, harass, tease, irritate, vex, fume, rankle

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

1. List of paraphrases for "fret":

   worry, cargo, freight

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invated by worry, fret and anxiety.

2. John Keats:

   O fret not after knowledge -- I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge -- I have none, and yet the Evening listens.

3. Donald Trump:

   Donald Trump is having 10,000, 12,000 people show up at rallies. A lot of these guys are having five or six people show up at their events in Iowa. There's just not a comparison, you know, the establishment can fret about it all they want, but this is the new reality.

4. Og Mandino:

   Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

5. John Wayne:

   Well, don't fret about that, pilgrim