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Synonyms for trouble

Synonyms for trouble: bother, difficulty, fuss and problem. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

4 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb and noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 4 synonyms for trouble

Interchangeable with trouble, one per sense

Audited under trouble's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one trouble carries in that sense.

  • botherverb, in the sense "take the trouble to do something"
  • difficultynoun, in the sense "an effort that is inconvenient"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name trouble as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • fussfuss is a noun in the sense "an angry disturbance"
  • problemproblem is a noun in the sense "a source of difficulty"

The first group is filed under trouble's own senses. The second reach trouble from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

take the trouble to do something

He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

bother

Same sentence, swapped: He did not bother to call his mother on her birthday.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for trouble in the sentence quoted.

  • distract
  • beat
  • throw
Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineActions

an effort that is inconvenient

He won without any trouble.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

difficulty

Same sentence, swapped: He won without any difficulty.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

  • pull
  • exercise
  • workout

Where trouble turns up in the game

trouble is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where trouble is the trap

  • fearverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is reverence, in the sense "regard with feelings of respect and reverence", with trouble sitting one tile away.

Play trouble

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so trouble reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. trouble carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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