bother: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with B · ends with R
Meaning of bother
verb
- transitive
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
Example: Would it bother you if I smoked?
- euphemistic, imperative, transitive
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. Damn; curse.
- intransitive, reflexive
To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
Example: I never bother about such trivialities.
- catenative, intransitive
To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
Example: Why do I even bother to try?
Listed forms: bothers, bothering, bothered.
Source: Wiktionary — bother.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Fuss, ado.
Example: There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- countable, uncountable
Trouble, inconvenience.
Example: Yes, I can do that for you—it’s no bother.
Listed forms: bothers.
Source: Wiktionary — bother.
intj
- dated, euphemistic
A mild expression of annoyance.
Source: Wiktionary — bother.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bother.
noun
an angry disturbance
noun
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- annoyance
- botheration
- pain
- infliction
- pain in the neck
- pain in the ass
- nuisance
verb
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
- trouble oneself
- trouble
- inconvenience oneself
verb
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bother in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bother
B(3) + O(1) + T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bother
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from bother
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