Synonyms of trouble

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noun

ˈtrə-bəl 

1

as in disease

an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning

hoping that the doctor will be able to accurately diagnose my trouble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disease
• ailment
• illness
• ill
• condition
• disorder
• fever
• sickness
• bug
• attack
• infection
• complication
• malady
• ail
• complaint
• plague
• infirmity
• distemper
• affection
• distemperature
• contagious disease
• contagion
• bout
• unsoundness
• spell
• weakness
• lameness
• feebleness
• malaise
• matter
• fit
• debility
• epidemic
• pestilence
• unhealthiness
• decrepitude
• sickliness
• contagium
• pip
• pest
• unwellness
• frailness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• health
• wellness
• soundness
• fitness
• robustness
• shape
• wholeness
• wholesomeness
• healthiness
• heartiness
• fettle

2

as in threat

something that may cause injury or harm

that wild dog is trouble, so stay away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• threat
• danger
• risk
• menace
• peril
• hazard
• pitfall
• imminence
• snare
• trap
• booby trap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protection
• guard
• ward
• shield
• refuge
• shelter
• harbor
• retreat
• safeguard
• haven
• asylum

3

as in problem

something that requires thought and skill for resolution

the police officers first broke up the fight and then asked what the trouble was

Synonyms & Similar Words

• problem
• challenge
• matter
• issue
• case
• question
• predicament
• dilemma
• knot
• hot water
• nut
• quandary
• pickle
• quagmire
• jam
• fix
• corner
• mystery
• crux
• conundrum
• puzzle
• glitch
• mire
• pitfall
• riddle
• snag
• hitch
• spot
• Gordian knot
• toughy
• catch
• enigma
• puzzlement
• sticky wicket
• toughie
• hole
• poser
• catch-22
• stumper
• brainteaser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solution
• answer
• silver bullet
• magic bullet
• panacea
• cure-all

4

as in effort

the active use of energy in producing a result

please, don't go to all that trouble just for me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• effort
• work
• pains
• sweat
• exertion
• expenditure
• energy
• while
• labor
• elbow grease
• try
• toil
• power
• strain
• drudgery
• might
• attempt
• muscle
• endeavor
• dint
• travail
• go
• grind
• slog
• trial
• pass
• stab
• essay
• force
• whack
• shot
• fling
• puissance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• facility
• smoothness
• fluency
• inertia
• inaction
• laziness
• inactivity
• indolence
• idleness
• adroitness
• dormancy
• quiescence
• languor

5

as in risk

the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil

if you think your brother might be in trouble, then let's go check up on him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• risk
• danger
• jeopardy
• peril
• distress
• endangerment
• harm's way
• threat
• imperilment
• exposure
• vulnerability
• openness
• susceptibility
• precariousness
• liability
• helplessness
• weakness
• susceptibleness
• defenselessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• safety
• security
• salvation
• preservation
• protection
• defense
• secureness
• exemption
• safeness
• immunity
• impunity
• inviolability
• invulnerability

trouble

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verb

1

as in to worry

to experience concern or anxiety

don't trouble about me—I'll be fine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worry
• fear
• fret
• stress
• bother
• care a hang
• fuss
• stew
• sweat
• give a hang
• long
• sweat blood
• despair
• pine
• yearn
• agonize
• chafe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accept
• take
• endure
• bear
• tolerate
• sustain
• abide
• stick out
• stomach

2

as in to bother

to cause discomfort to or trouble for

I hate to trouble you, but would you mind moving for a minute so I can sweep under your chair?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bother
• inconvenience
• weigh
• disturb
• put out
• upset
• discommode
• burden
• disoblige
• anger
• incommode
• bug
• annoy
• hinder
• aggravate
• interfere (with)
• impede
• hamper
• provoke
• handicap
• saddle
• hold back
• vex
• exasperate
• tie up
• irk
• obstruct
• get
• encumber
• inhibit
• hobble
• hamstring
• chafe
• hold up
• shackle
• rile
• pique
• fetter
• grate
• gall
• inflame
• agitate
• peeve
• perturb
• trammel
• manacle
• enflame
• nettle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• help
• assist
• aid
• favor
• accommodate
• oblige
• facilitate
• ease
• smooth
• please
• delight
• satisfy
• appease
• abet
• comfort
• disarm
• gratify
• content
• placate
• pacify
• conciliate
• mollify
• console
• gladden

Examples of trouble in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Some other newcomers have had a little trouble getting out of the gate. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024

There could be trouble ahead for consumers and the economy if interest rates don’t come down, the latest financial results from D.R. Horton suggest. —Michelle Fox, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024

Verb

These three words served both to definitively pathologize her and to place her mental health on an ascending scale, one that coincidentally meant that mine and our other brother’s childhood—being cared for by this troubled if charismatic woman—was also, in his opinion, necessarily . . . —Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

The Broncos were rarely troubled by the Saints – who were playing with rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler as starter Derek Carr was out with injury – building a 30-point lead by midway into the fourth quarter. —Ben Morse, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024