Bug
Bug noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: I can't go to work today because I've caught some bug that's going around
Trouble is a synonym for bug in computer glitch topic. In some cases you can use "Trouble" instead the word "Bug" as a noun or a verb.
Trouble
Trouble noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: hoping that the doctor will be able to accurately diagnose my trouble
Bug is a synonym for trouble in bother topic. Sometimes you can use "Bug" instead the word "Trouble" as a verb or a noun. informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| female | female bug | female trouble |
| particular | particular bug | particular trouble |
| similar | similar bug | similar trouble |
| related | related bug | related trouble |
| Other adjectives: short, actual, real, severe, massive, big, great, serious, huge, little, slight, bad, terrible, horrible, early, major, possible, minor, unrelated, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
| superman | bug superman | trouble superman |
Both words in one sentence
- Of course, what generally causes the most trouble isn't the bug itself, but the character's increasingly extreme attempts to get rid of it, unless the bug itself is a trickster.
Source: Fly Crazy -
The Beano's honouring of this was nothing special, but The Dandy featured a series of stories based around trouble caused by the '3000 bug', a spoof of the then-recent millennium bug scare.
Source: Milestone Celebration - Gary "Papa Smurf" Strikesky was evacuated in Fiji because he was having trouble breathing as a result of an allergic reaction to bug bites.
Source: Non-Gameplay Elimination
Cite this Source
Trouble and Bug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/trouble
Bug & Trouble. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/trouble>.
Trouble or Bug. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/trouble.
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