Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries
(Brit. slang), pig's ear (informal), pig's breakfast (informal)bother VERB 1 That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me. = trouble, concern, worry, upset, alarm, disturb, distress, annoy, dismay, gall, disconcert, vex, perturb, faze, put or get someone's back up 2 I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish. = pester, plague, irritate, put out, harass, nag, hassle (informal), inconvenience, molest, breathe down someone's neck, get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit. & Austral. & N.Z. slang), bend someone's ear (informal), give someone grief (Brit. & S. African), get on your wick (Brit. slang) ◼ OPPOSITE: help ▸ NOUN Most men hate the bother of shaving. = trouble, problem, worry, difficulty, strain, grief (Brit. & S. African), fuss, pest, irritation, hassle (informal), nuisance, flurry, uphill (S. African), inconvenience, annoyance, aggravation (informal), vexation ◼ OPPOSITE: helpbottleneck NOUN = block, hold-up, obstacle, congestion, obstruction, impediment, blockage, snarl-up (informal, chiefly Brit.), (traffic) jambottle shop NOUN (Austral. & N.Z.) = off-licence (Brit.), liquor store (U.S. & Canad.), bottle store (S. African), package store (U.S. & Canad.), offie or offy (Brit. informal)bottle store NOUN (S. African) = off-licence (Brit.), liquor store (U.S. & Canad.), bottle shop (Austral. & N.Z.), package store (U.S. & Canad.), offie or offy (Brit. informal)bottom NOUN 1 He sat at the bottom of the stairs. = lowest part, base, foot, bed, floor, basis, foundation, depths, support, pedestal, deepest part ◼ OPPOSITE: top 2 the bottom of their shoes = underside, sole, underneath, lower side 3 He moved his bottom on the window-seat. = buttocks, behind (informal), rear, butt (informal), bum (Brit. slang), buns (U.S. slang), backside, rump, seat, tail (informal), rear end (informal), posterior, derrière (euphemistic), tush (U.S. slang), fundament (euphemistic), jacksy (Brit. slang) ▸ ADJECTIVE the bottom drawer of the cupboard = lowest, last, base, ground, basement, undermost ◼ OPPOSITE: higherbottomless ADJECTIVE 1 She does not have a bottomless purse. = unlimited, endless, infinite, limitless, boundless, inexhaustible, immeasurable, unbounded, illimitable 2 His eyes were like bottomless brown pools. = deep, profound, yawning, boundless, unfathomable, immeasurable, fathomless, abyssalbounce VERB 1 The ball bounced past the right-hand post. = rebound, return, thump, recoil, ricochet, spring back, resile 2 Moira bounced into the office. = bound, spring, jump, leap, skip, caper, prance, gambol, jounce 3 He was bounced from two programmes for unbecoming conduct. = throw out, fire (informal), turn out, expel, oust, relegate, kick out (informal), drive out, eject, evict, boot out (informal), show someone the door, give someone the bum's rush (slang), throw out on your ear (informal) ▸ NOUN 1 the pace and steep bounce of the pitch = springiness, give, spring, bound, rebound, resilience, elasticity, recoil 2 the natural bounce of youth = life, go (informal), energy, pep, sparkle, zip (informal), vitality, animation, vigour, exuberance, dynamism, brio, vivacity, liveliness, vim, lustiness, vivaciousnessbouncing ADJECTIVE = lively, healthy, thriving, blooming, robust, vigorous, energetic, perky, sprightly, alive and kicking, fighting fit, full of beans (informal), fit as a fiddle (informal), bright-eyed and bushy-tailedbouncy ADJECTIVE 1 She was bouncy and full of energy. = lively, active, enthusiastic, energetic, bubbly, exuberant, irrepressible, ebullient, perky, chirpy (informal), sprightly, vivacious, effervescent, chipper (informal), full of beans (informal), zestful, full of pep (informal), bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ◼ OPPOSITE: listless 2 a bouncy chair = springy, flexible, elastic, resilient, rubbery, spongy ◼ OPPOSITE: flatbound1 ADJECTIVE 1 All members are bound by an oath of secrecy. = compelled, obliged, forced, committed, pledged, constrained, obligated, beholden, duty-bound 2 His arms were bound to his sides. = tied, fixed, secured, attached, lashed, tied up, fastened, trussed, pinioned, made fast 3 There are bound to be price increases next year. = certain, sure, fated, doomed, destinedbound2 VERB He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door. = leap, bob, spring, jump, bounce, skip, vault, pounce ▸ NOUN With one bound Jack was free. = leap, bob, spring, jump, bounce, hurdle, skip, vault, pounce, caper, prance, lope, frisk, gambolbound3 VERB 1 the trees that bounded the car park = surround, confine, enclose, terminate, encircle, circumscribe, hem in, demarcate, delimit 2 Our lives are bounded by work, family and television. = limit, fix, define, restrict, confine, restrain, circumscribe, demarcate, delimitboundary NOUN 1 Our organization now operates across national boundaries. = frontier, edge, border, march, barrier, margin, brink 2 the western boundary of the wood = edges, limits, bounds, pale, confines, fringes, verges, precinct, extremities 3 the boundary between childhood and adulthood = dividing line, borderlineboundless ADJECTIVE = unlimited, vast, endless, immense, infinite, untold, limitless, unending, inexhaustible, incalculable, immeasurable, unbounded, unconfined, measureless, illimitable ◼ OPPOSITE: limitedbounds PLURAL NOUN The bounds of the empire continued to expand. = boundary, line, limit, edge, border, march, margin, pale, confines, fringe, verge, rim, perimeter, peripherybountiful ADJECTIVE 1 The land is bountiful and no one starves. = plentiful, generous, lavish, ample, prolific, abundant, exuberant, copious, luxuriant, bounteous, plenteous 2 Their bountiful host was serving a variety of wonderful dishes. = generous, kind, princely, liberal, charitable, hospitable, prodigal, open-handed, unstinting, beneficent, bounteous, munificent, ungrudgingbounty NOUN 1 The aid organization would not allow such bounty. = generosity, charity, assistance, kindness, philanthropy, benevolence, beneficence, liberality, almsgiving, open-handedness, largesse or largess 2 autumn's bounty of fruits, seeds and berries = abundance, plenty, exuberance, profusion, affluence, plenitude, copiousness, plenteousness 3 They paid bounties for people to give up their weapons. = reward, present, grant, prize, payment, gift, compensation, bonus, premium, donation, recompense, gratuity, meed (archaic), largesse or largess, koha (N.Z.)bouquet NOUN 1 a bouquet of dried violets = bunch of flowers, spray, garland, wreath, posy, buttonhole, corsage, nosegay, boutonniere 2 a perfume with a bouquet of lavender and rose = aroma, smell, scent, perfume, fragrance, savour, odour, redolencebourgeois ADJECTIVE = middle-class, traditional, conventional, materialistic, hidebound, Pooterishbout NOUN 1 I was suffering with a bout of nerves. = period, time, term, fit, session, stretch, spell, turn, patch, interval, stint 2 The latest bout of violence has claimed ten lives. = round, run, course, series, session, cycle, sequence, stint, spree 3 This will be his eighth title bout in 19 months. = fight, match, battle, competition, struggle, contest, set-to (informal), encounter, engagement, head-to-head, boxing matchbovine ADJECTIVE = dull, heavy, slow, thick, stupid, dense, sluggish, lifeless, inactive, inert, lethargic, dozy (Brit. informal), listless, unresponsive, stolid, torpid, slothful (formal)bow1 VERB He bowed slightly before taking her bag. = bend, bob, nod, incline, stoop, droop, genuflect, make obeisance ▸ NOUN I gave a theatrical bow and waved. = bending, bob, nod, inclination, salaam, obeisance, kowtow, genuflection ● bow out He bowed out gracefully when his successor was appointed. = give up, retire, withdraw, get out, resign, quit, pull out, step down (informal), back out, throw in the towel, cop out (slang), throw in the sponge, call it a day or night ● bow to something or someone She is having to bow to their terms. = give in to, accept, comply with, succumb to, submit to, surrender to, yield to, defer to, concede to, acquiesce to, kowtow tobow2 NOUN spray from the ship's bow = prow, head, stem, fore, beakbowels PLURAL NOUN 1 I had a relentless pain in my bowels. = guts, insides (informal), intestines, innards (informal), entrails, viscera, vitals 2 deep in the bowels of the earth = depths, hold, middle, inside (informal), deep, interior, core, belly, midst, remotest part, deepest part, furthest part, innermost partbower NOUN = arbour,