Synonyms of bug

bug 1 of 2

noun

ˈbəg 

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as in sucker

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

a camera bug who loves taking candid shots at fairs and festivals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sucker
• lover
• fan
• enthusiast
• buff
• maniac
• freak
• fanatic
• addict
• junkie
• junky
• fiend
• collector
• hound
• devotee
• nut
• fool
• aficionado
• fancier
• maven
• supporter
• friend
• admirer
• proponent
• habitue
• expert
• afficionado
• head
• mavin
• groupie
• habitué
• connoisseur
• authority
• amateur
• exponent
• dilettante
• cultist
• champion
• promoter
• advocate
• booster
• evangelist
• patron
• zealot
• follower
• disciple
• apostle
• adherent
• partisan
• partizan
• convert
• hanger-on
• backer
• votary
• faddist
• rooter
• well-wisher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfan
• critic
• detractor
• carper
• belittler
• nonadmirer

2

as in disease

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

I can't go to work today because I've caught some bug that's going around

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in psychopath

a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind

a bug with a fascination for committing arson

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychopath
• lunatic
• fool
• maniac
• psycho
• wacko
• schizo
• loon
• loony
• sicko
• head case
• whacko
• nutcase
• nut
• nutter
• abnormal
• fruitcake
• crackbrain
• crack
• crazy
• character
• sickie
• psychotic
• patient
• madman
• paranoid
• madwoman
• deviant
• case
• fantastic
• monomaniac
• obsessive
• flake
• neurotic
• oddity
• schizophrenic
• weirdo
• sociopath
• schizoid
• oddball
• psychoneurotic
• original
• manic-depressive
• eccentric
• tike
• crackpot
• screwball
• quiz
• schizophrene
• kook
• codger
• crank
• obsessive-compulsive
• zany
• tyke
• mythomaniac

bug

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verb

1

as in to annoy

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

these incessant phone calls are really starting to bug me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoy
• bother
• irritate
• persecute
• get
• aggravate
• itch
• eat
• plague
• frost
• spite
• worry
• hack (off)
• gripe
• vex
• irk
• get to
• anger
• burn (up)
• put out
• exasperate
• wear on
• grate
• ruffle
• peeve
• rub the wrong way
• tease
• nettle
• rile
• infuriate
• gall
• pique
• stick in one's craw
• chafe
• rasp
• nag
• get one's goat
• insult
• nark
• set one's teeth on edge
• provoke
• get on one's nerves
• upset
• devil
• badger
• harass
• hassle
• enrage
• rouse
• pester
• offend
• bait
• harry
• discomfort
• distress
• outrage
• heckle
• inflame
• bullyrag
• ballyrag
• enflame
• undo
• unsettle
• disquiet
• antagonize
• exercise
• perturb
• affront
• agitate
• hagride
• rankle
• madden
• roil
• freak (out)
• discompose
• fret
• unhinge
• incense
• miff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• placate
• appease
• pacify
• oblige
• delight
• satisfy
• conciliate
• gratify
• content
• assure
• console
• mollify
• comfort
• propitiate
• cheer
• reassure
• soothe
• quiet
• gladden
• solace

2

as in to bother

to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation

I hate to bug you, but could you help me move this table?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bother
• worry
• disturb
• pester
• intrude (upon)
• annoy
• trouble
• harass
• torment
• plague
• provoke
• devil
• irritate
• anger
• dog
• inconvenience
• gnaw
• chivvy
• aggravate
• distress
• chivy
• vex
• put out
• irk
• dun
• beset
• bedevil
• exasperate
• fret
• invade
• hassle
• get
• outrage
• afflict
• peeve
• rile
• grate
• cut in (on)
• rankle
• gall
• persecute
• pique
• roil
• chafe
• enrage
• trespass
• rasp
• infuriate
• besiege
• antagonize
• perturb
• nettle
• butt in
• inflame
• agitate
• infringe
• encroach
• madden
• incense
• beleaguer
• obtrude
• enflame

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignore
• forget
• slight
• leave
• disregard
• please
• satisfy
• appease
• placate
• delight
• disarm
• oblige
• gratify
• content
• console
• comfort
• mollify
• conciliate
• gladden

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bug

Noun

This keeps out bugs for you and eliminates reflections for the birds. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025

The injury bug has not made its way to the WTA Tour, which has seen only 23 retirements or walkovers through the 2025 Indian Wells Open, just a tad higher than the 20.6 average from the past decade. —Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2025

Verb

Hackman is a detective who specializes in audio surveillance, spying on and bugging strangers, a wiretapper capturing them in incriminating secrets, yet unable to empathize or bond with any real-life humans. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025

Ahead of the trial, Sherborne alleged the newspapers had used deception to obtain his clients' medical, phone and flight records, as well as bugging homes and placing listening devices into cars. —Max Taylor, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025

Phrases Containing bug

• bug off
• bug out