Bother
Bother verb - To thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation.
Try and bother are semantically related. in take the trouble topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Bother" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good bother | good try |
| small | small bother | small try |
| few | few bother | few try |
| extra | extra bother | extra try |
| Other adjectives: younger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Neither times did he really bother to try to not move his lips (which was half of the joke).
Source: Creator / Morecambe and Wise -
They don't even bother trying to fight him most of the time and instead just run, since it's pointless to try and outmatch him.
Source: The Juggernaut - As a result, many players don't even bother with dodging, preferring to just brute force attacks and try taking down the enemy before they get knocked out.
Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon
Cite this Source
Try and Bother. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bother/try
Bother & Try. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bother/try>.
Try or Bother. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bother/try.
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