Bother
Bother verb - To thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation.
Tail
Tail verb - To go after or on the track of.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| small | small bother | small tail |
| powerful | powerful bother | powerful tail |
| large | large bother | large tail |
| weird | weird bother | weird tail |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When the team sneaks aboard a Shinra ship disguised as Shinra soldiers, Red XIII, a red wolf-like creature, clearly has trouble standing on two legs and doesn't bother to cover his tail.
Source: Hugh Mann -
Spoiler Opening: The anime opening and end credits don't even bother hiding the identities of the three Tail Warriors.
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After that attempt failed, Goku didn't bother going for the weakness again, because he remembered that Saiyans could also manually detach the tail from the body.
Source: Achilles' Heel
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Tail and Bother. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bother/tail
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