Synonyms for trouble
ˈtrʌb əltrou·ble

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1. trouble

   Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.

   Synonyms:
   anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, worry

   Antonyms:
   apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillity

   Preposition:
   Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. troubleverb

   Synonyms:
   disturb, vex, agitate, confuse, perplex, distress, annoy, harass, tease, molest, grieve, mortify, oppress

   Antonyms:
   compose, calm, allay, appease, please, soothe, delight, gratify, recreate, entertain, relieve, refresh

2. troublenoun

   Synonyms:
   affliction, disturbance, annoyance, perplexity, molestation, vexation, inconvenience, calamity, distress, uneasiness, tribulation, disaster, torment, misfortune, adversity, anxiety, embarrassment, sorrow, misery, grief, depression, difficulty, labor, toil, effort

   Antonyms:
   alleviation, composure, pleasure, appeasement, delight, assuagement, happiness, gratification, boon, blessing, exultation, joy, gladness, ease, facility, luck, recreation, amusement, carelessness, indifference, indolence, inertia, indulgence

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. trouble, problemnoun

   a source of difficulty

   "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

   Synonyms:
   fuss, job, worry, hassle, difficulty, problem, bother

2. 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, bother, ado, infliction, tizzy, pain, bustle, pother, spat, fuss, annoyance, worry, scuffle, bickering, pain in the neck, tussle

3. troublenoun

   an event causing distress or pain

   "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"

   Synonyms:
   problem, fuss, difficulty, bother, worry, hassle

4. trouble, difficultynoun

   an effort that is inconvenient

   "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

   Synonyms:
   fuss, worry, hassle, difficultness, difficulty, problem, bother

5. worry, troublenoun

   a strong feeling of anxiety

   "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"

   Synonyms:
   fuss, worry, hassle, concern, difficulty, problem, headache, vexation, bother

6. troubleverb

   an unwanted pregnancy

   "he got several girls in trouble"

   Synonyms:
   problem, fuss, difficulty, bother, worry, hassle

7. disturb, upset, troubleverb

   move deeply

   "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

   Synonyms:
   discomfit, touch, shake up, raise up, disorder, interrupt, cark, commove, bother, inconvenience oneself, agitate, disquiet, turn over, put out, perturb, trouble oneself, tump over, unhinge, incommode, disoblige, overturn, bowl over, discommode, discompose, tip over, upset, inconvenience, swage, untune, disconcert, vex, ail, knock over, stir up, disturb, distract, pain

8. 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, bother, 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, discommode, disorder, stretch forth, annoy, upset, exsert, smother, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, anesthetise, issue, vex, rag, release, disturb, distract, devil

9. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorderverb

   disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

   "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

   Synonyms:
   distract, unhinge, disorder, perturb, inconvenience oneself, upset, inconvenience, ail, discommode, disquiet, bother, cark, deflect, put out, incommode, disoblige, pain, disarray, throw out of kilter, disturb, trouble oneself, derange

10. 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, bother, incommode, disoblige, pain, rag, disturb, trouble oneself, get to

11. trouble, ail, painverb

    cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

    Synonyms:
    bother, unhinge, hurt, disorder, perturb, inconvenience oneself, upset, inconvenience, ail, discommode, disquiet, cark, put out, incommode, distract, disoblige, pain, disturb, trouble oneself, anguish

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Anxiety
   • Difficulty
   • Happening
   • Hurt
   • Perturbation

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1. troubleverb

   Synonyms:
   agitate, disturb, derange

2. troubleverb

   Synonyms:
   afflict, distress, grieve, annoy, vex, fret, plague, torment, harass, worry, pester, badger, disquiet, concern, make anxious, make uneasy

3. troublenoun

   Synonyms:
   affliction, distress, suffering, calamity, grief, tribulation, adversity, misfortune, sorrow, woe

4. troublenoun

   Synonyms:
   annoyance, perplexity, vexation, embarrassment, plague, torment, molestation

5. troublenoun

   Synonyms:
   matter, cause of distress

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

1. troublenoun

   Synonyms:
   tribulation, adversity, reverses, affliction, calamity, misfortune, vexation, annoyance, inconvenience, worry, disturbance, torment, plague, thorn, bane

2. troubleverb

   Synonyms:
   vex, disturb, distress, inconvenience, incommode, pester, worry

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1. List of paraphrases for "trouble":

   difficulty, problem, boredom, disorder, problems, inconvenience, unrest, danger, shit, penalty

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How to use trouble in a sentence?

1. Andrew Gettler:

   i am mired in a pathology of contradictions; Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness, my son says . . . & i have no trouble believing it

2. Georges Benjamin:

   Far too many people, even with health insurance, still are having trouble paying their bills because of the health care costs, the other thing we know is there is a correlation between health care costs and people's mental health.

3. The EUs Brexit coordinator:

   The trouble is that it is always a draw in the House of Commons.

4. Robert Rubin:

   Robert Rubin's proven that by always being employed, paying Robert Rubin taxes, never getting in trouble, never confronting people unless Robert Rubin Robert Rubin is put in danger. And that was one time, by one man, named Ahmaud Arbery. And actually, Ahmaud Arbery confronted Ahmaud Arbery twice.

5. Gerry Davis:

   If Mary Johnson has seen this video, please contact somebody, reach out some way if you're in trouble, if Mary Johnson's not okay, let Mary Johnson come home. Bring Mary Johnson home, for closure, for us, if it happened that way. Because it is an awful feeling to not know where you are at.