TROUBLES Synonyms: 239 Similar and Opposite Words

troubles 1 of 2

noun

plural of trouble

as in ailments

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

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as in threats

something that may cause injury or harm that wild dog is trouble, so stay away

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as in problems

something that requires thought and skill for resolution the police officers first broke up the fight and then asked what the trouble was

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as in efforts

the active use of energy in producing a result please, don't go to all that trouble just for me

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troubles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of trouble

as in worries

to experience concern or anxiety don't trouble about me—I'll be fine

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as in inconveniences

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?

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Recent Examples of troubles

Noun

But multiple polls this month have shown Americans feel pessimistic about the war and their economic troubles. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 For years, the British American brothers cultivated the image that laws did not apply to them even as legal troubles mounted in the UK, Romania and the US. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Timeline troubles Ghonhee Lee is the CEO of Katalyst Space Technologies. — Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The declines in private market valuations, led by troubles in private credit, brought down their allocations to alts. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Meta’s legal troubles are far from over, despite the company’s decision Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion to make addiction lawsuits from state attorneys general go away. — David Ingram, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Her life was further complicated by ongoing legal disputes and financial troubles, and her weight fluctuations and seeming dependence on prescription drugs were relentlessly covered in the media. — Imani Sumbi, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 This was well after her troubles with state health regulators had been documented. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 The former couple's relationship was marked by highly public legal troubles. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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But what troubles him most is not only what has disappeared from textbooks. — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 One death especially, that of his young cousin Sinon (Elliot Page), troubles him most of all. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 The asymmetry—Anthropic penalized while OpenAI was not—is what troubles him most. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026 But what really troubles him is something larger. — Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 19 June 2026 There’s something that troubles her about this. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 What troubles me most is the speed. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2026 What troubles me most about the manosphere documentary is not the influencers themselves. — Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026 Understanding this cold-sensing protein could one day lead to better therapies for cold hypersensitivity that often troubles people undergoing certain types of cancer chemotherapies. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubles

Noun

Curry had lived with various ailments following a 2012 stroke.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Since then, raw egg yolks, pickle brine, cumin seeds, six-packs of Coke, and greasy breakfast sandwiches have all been credited with easing our post-drinking ailments.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

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In addition, the 14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Leaders of two commands, one overseeing the nuclear arsenal and the other focused on cyber threats, declined all three options, asking to maintain the full program.

— Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of threats

Noun

Minneola City Councilman David Yeager’s efforts to annex his new home into the city earlier this summer sparked a nasty debate on the council that led to two members being censured last week for incivility.

— James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Search and rescue efforts are only just beginning, and these first hours are filled with uncertainty, but also with hope.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of efforts

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Instead, the market worries whether such high growth has already been fully priced into stock values or is approaching a growth inflection point.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The beekeeper worries the new warehouse-like facilities will raise his utility bills or change the local environment.

— Drew Hawkins, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of worries

Noun

The question of defining a measles death hasn't come up much in recent decades because vaccination rates were high and measles illnesses and deaths had become rare.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Thousands of people were sickened by foodborne illnesses this summer.

— Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of illnesses

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The letter adds to a growing chorus of warnings about the dangers associated with advanced AI and comes shortly after a series of high-profile incidents in which flagship models tested by Anthropic and OpenAI breached testing safeguards.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
New research about the dangers of CTE in football brought out new concerns from parents about the dangers of playing football.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026