Definition for Bug:

• An unwanted and unintended property of aprogram or piece of hardware, especially one that causesit to malfunction. Antonym of feature. E.g. " There's a bugin the editor: it writes things out backward." Theidentification and removal of bugs in a program is called"debugging". Admiral Grace Hopper ( an early computing pioneer betterknown for inventing COBOL) liked to tell a story in which atechnician solved a glitch in the Harvard Mark II machineby pulling an actual insect out from between the contacts ofone of its relays, and she subsequently promulgated bug inits hackish sense as a joke about the incident ( though, as shewas careful to admit, she was not there when it happened). For many years the logbook associated with the incident andthe actual bug in question ( a moth) sat in a display case atthe Naval Surface Warfare Center ( NSWC). The entire story,with a picture of the logbook and the moth taped into it, isrecorded in the " Annals of the History of Computing", Vol. 3,No. 3 ( July 1981), pp. 285-- 286.The text of the log entry ( from September 9, 1947), reads"1545 Relay # 70 Panel F ( moth) in relay. First actual case ofbug being found". This wording establishes that the term wasalready in use at the time in its current specific sense - andHopper herself reports that the term " bug" was regularlyapplied to problems in radar electronics during WWII.Indeed, the use of " bug" to mean an industrial defect wasalready established in Thomas Edison's time, and a morespecific and rather modern use can be found in an electricalhandbook from 1896 (" Hawkin's New Catechism of Electricity", Theo. Audel & Co.) which says: " The term " bug" is used to alimited extent to designate any fault or trouble in theconnections or working of electric apparatus." It furthernotes that the term is " said to have originated inquadruplex telegraphy and have been transferred to allelectric apparatus." The latter observation may explain a common folk etymology ofthe term; that it came from telephone company usage, in which"bugs in a telephone cable" were blamed for noisy lines.Though this derivation seems to be mistaken, it may well be adistorted memory of a joke first current among * telegraph*operators more than a century ago!Actually, use of " bug" in the general sense of a disruptiveevent goes back to Shakespeare! In the first edition ofSamuel Johnson's dictionary one meaning of " bug" is " Afrightful object; a walking spectre"; this is traced to"bugbear", a Welsh term for a variety of mythological monsterwhich ( to complete the circle) has recently been reintroducedinto the popular lexicon through fantasy role-playing games.In any case, in jargon the word almost never refers toinsects. Here is a plausible conversation that never actuallyhappened:" There is a bug in this ant farm!"" What do you mean? I don't see any ants in it."" That's the bug."[ There has been a widespread myth that the original bug wasmoved to the Smithsonian, and an earlier version of this entryso asserted. A correspondent who thought to check discoveredthat the bug was not there. While investigating this in late1990, your editor discovered that the NSWC still had the bug,but had unsuccessfully tried to get the Smithsonian to acceptit - and that the present curator of their History ofAmerican Technology Museum didn't know this and agreed that itwould make a worthwhile exhibit. It was moved to theSmithsonian in mid-1991, but due to space and moneyconstraints has not yet been exhibited. Thus, the process ofinvestigating the original-computer-bug bug fixed it in anentirely unexpected way, by making the myth true! - ESR]

Synonyms for Bug:

• n.

  •
  • contagion,
  • fault,
  • epidemic.
  •
  • agent,
  • zealot,
  • collaborate.
  •
  • frustrate,
  • anger,
  • provoke,
  • infuriate,
  • antagonize,
  • madden,
  • drive someone mad.
  •
  • buff,
  • fan,
  • concern.
  •admirer (noun)
  • fancier,
  • wooer,
  • rooters,
  • Rooter.
  •ailment (noun)
  • dis-orders,
  • dis-order,
  • in-dispositions,
  • dis orders,
  • flus,
  • in dispositions,
  • dis order,
  • in-disposition,
  • in disposition.
  •animal (noun)
  • bug.
  •automobile (noun)
  • bucket of bolt,
  • auto mobiles,
  • fourwheelers,
  • clunkers,
  • four wheeler,
  • motor cars,
  • auto mobile,
  • sub compacts,
  • subcompacts,
  • sub-compacts,
  • gocarts,
  • gas guzzlers,
  • passenger cars,
  • auto-mobiles,
  • four wheelers,
  • auto-mobile,
  • bucket bolt,
  • sub-compact,
  • go carts,
  • bucket bolts,
  • pickup trucks,
  • four-wheelers.
  •bacterium, microorganism (noun)
  • virus.
  •beleaguer (noun)
  • beleaguer.
  •blemish (noun)
  • nevus,
  • nodule,
  • whiteheads,
  • blackhead,
  • Cicatrices,
  • hickey,
  • blackheads,
  • beauty spot,
  • Maculae,
  • blot on the landscape,
  • cicatrix,
  • macula,
  • blot on landscape,
  • Nevi.
  •branch (noun)
  • de-tour,
  • de tour,
  • ex-tension,
  • de-tours,
  • de tours,
  • ex tension,
  • ex-tensions.
  •bug (noun)
  • Hemipterous Insect,
  • tease,
  • glitch,
  • hemipteron,
  • tap,
  • wiretap,
  • hemipteran,
  • intercept.
  •computer glitch (noun)
  • error,
  • breakdown,
  • problem,
  • computer malfunction,
  • failure.
  •computer virus (noun)
  • computer-virus.
  •defect (noun)
  • mis takes,
  • mis take,
  • in juries,
  • rough spots,
  • un-soundnesses,
  • un-soundness,
  • mis-take,
  • mis-takes,
  • in-jury,
  • in jury,
  • un soundness,
  • marrings,
  • un soundnesses.
  •deficiency (noun)
  • de-faults,
  • de-fault,
  • de fault,
  • in sufficiencies,
  • in-sufficiency,
  • in-sufficiencies,
  • de-merit,
  • de-merits,
  • de merit,
  • de faults,
  • in sufficiency,
  • de merits,
  • inability hack it.
  •disciple (noun)
  • sectators.
  •disease (noun)
  • pestilence,
  • infliction,
  • Sickliness,
  • malaise,
  • fever,
  • handicap,
  • condition,
  • collapse,
  • symptom,
  • ague,
  • indisposition,
  • attack,
  • debility,
  • nausea,
  • curse,
  • apoplexy,
  • disability,
  • complaint,
  • unhealthiness,
  • spasm,
  • syndrome,
  • decrepitude,
  • complication,
  • affection,
  • disorder,
  • feverishness,
  • malady.
  •displease (noun)
  • displease.
  •enrage (noun)
  • enrage.
  •enthusiast (noun)
  • monomaniac.
  •fanatic (noun)
  • ultraists.
  •fascination (noun)
  • thing fors.
  •flaw (noun)
  • catch 22's,
  • catch 22,
  • catch22,
  • catch22's,
  • catch-22's.
  •germ (noun)
  • what going arounds,
  • what going around,
  • para site,
  • whats going arounds,
  • anti-bodies,
  • anti body,
  • what's going arounds,
  • whats going around,
  • para-site,
  • para sites,
  • anti bodies,
  • para-sites,
  • anti-body.
  •grouch (noun)
  • cross patches,
  • cross patch,
  • cross-patches,
  • crosspatches,
  • cross-patch.
  •hitch (noun)
  • de-lays,
  • de-lay,
  • hold ups,
  • de lays,
  • dis continuance,
  • dis-continuance,
  • de lay,
  • dis-continuances,
  • dis continuances.
  •illness (noun)
  • re lapse,
  • ailings,
  • un healths,
  • un-health,
  • re lapses,
  • unhealths,
  • poor healths,
  • failing healths,
  • re-lapses,
  • diseasednesses,
  • un-healths,
  • re-lapse.
  •pest (noun)
  • pesterer,
  • tormentor,
  • thorn in side,
  • badgerer,
  • head ache,
  • crashing bore.
  •receiver (noun)
  • listening devices,
  • tele phone,
  • tele-phone,
  • detection devices,
  • tele phones,
  • head phones,
  • tele-phones,
  • control centers,
  • tele vision,
  • tele-visions,
  • head phone,
  • head-phone,
  • tele-vision,
  • tele visions.
  •sickness (noun)
  • un-healthfulness,
  • unhealthfulnesses,
  • queasinesses,
  • un wellness,
  • un-wellnesses,
  • unwellnesses,
  • un healthfulnesses,
  • un-wellness.
  •snag (noun)
  • dis-advantage,
  • dis-advantages,
  • tight spots,
  • dis advantage,
  • dis advantages,
  • the rubs.
  •surveillance (noun)
  • ex-aminations,
  • body mikes,
  • super visions,
  • super-vision,
  • peeled eyen,
  • surveyances,
  • ex aminations,
  • ex amination,
  • peeled eyne,
  • buggings,
  • super-visions,
  • peeled eyes.
  •tip-off (noun)
  • tipoff,
  • tip off.
  •tip/tipoff (noun)
  • in-formation,
  • in formations,
  • fore cast,
  • pre-diction,
  • word advice,
  • secret informations,
  • in-formations,
  • pre dictions,
  • fore-cast,
  • fore casts,
  • pre-dictions,
  • fore-casts,
  • word the wise.

• v.

  •aggravate (verb)
  • gat one nerves,
  • giving a hard time,
  • driving wall,
  • am at,
  • wert the back of,
  • gets on nerves,
  • drove the wall,
  • be on back of,
  • drave the wall,
  • get nerves,
  • wast the back of,
  • get on one nerves,
  • wast at,
  • gat one's nerves,
  • drove up the wall,
  • was at,
  • got on one's nerves,
  • being at,
  • art back of,
  • gat on ones nerves,
  • am the back of,
  • are on the back of,
  • driving the wall,
  • gets one's nerves,
  • gat ones nerves,
  • gets on one's nerves,
  • gets on ones nerves,
  • is the back of,
  • were back of,
  • gave a hard time,
  • drive wall,
  • gets nerves,
  • picks on,
  • drives the wall,
  • getting on one nerves,
  • getting one's nerves,
  • art the back of,
  • giving hard time,
  • getting one nerves,
  • gotten nerves,
  • is back of,
  • getting on ones nerves,
  • gotten to,
  • am back of,
  • gets on one nerves,
  • gat on one nerves,
  • are on back of,
  • drives wall,
  • got on nerves,
  • getting nerves,
  • getting on one's nerves,
  • get one nerves,
  • were on the back of,
  • gat to,
  • gotten on nerves,
  • get on ones nerves,
  • was on the back of,
  • were on back of,
  • driving up wall,
  • drove wall,
  • am on back of,
  • wert back of,
  • got on ones nerves,
  • gotten on one's nerves,
  • gotten on ones nerves,
  • wast on back of,
  • gotten one nerves,
  • driving up the wall,
  • gat on one's nerves,
  • wast on the back of,
  • was on back of,
  • give hard time,
  • gat on nerves,
  • got nerves,
  • was back of,
  • get one's nerves,
  • be back of,
  • gives a hard time,
  • are at,
  • drive up wall,
  • getting on nerves,
  • being on the back of,
  • art at,
  • gets ones nerves,
  • got ones nerves,
  • was the back of,
  • gotten ones nerves,
  • be the back of,
  • is on back of,
  • drave up wall,
  • gat nerves,
  • being back of,
  • am on the back of,
  • is on the back of,
  • drave wall,
  • were at,
  • is at,
  • wert at,
  • got one nerves,
  • gives hard time,
  • gets one nerves,
  • drives up the wall,
  • getting ones nerves,
  • wert on back of,
  • were the back of,
  • are the back of,
  • gave hard time,
  • wert on the back of,
  • being the back of,
  • being on back of,
  • drave up the wall,
  • got on one nerves,
  • drove up wall,
  • gotten one's nerves,
  • gotten on one nerves,
  • get ones nerves,
  • got one's nerves,
  • drives up wall,
  • drive the wall,
  • are back of,
  • wast back of.
  •agitate (verb)
  • dis tracts,
  • in flaming,
  • ex cites,
  • dis-cuss,
  • un-hinge,
  • dis-tracts,
  • dis composing,
  • dis cusses,
  • dis quieting,
  • making flip,
  • un hinged,
  • un hinges,
  • dis tract,
  • in flame,
  • dis-cussing,
  • dis quieted,
  • de-bates,
  • in-cite,
  • un hinging,
  • burnt up,
  • de-bated,
  • ex-cited,
  • de bated,
  • burns up,
  • bugging up,
  • dis composed,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-tract,
  • dis-quieting,
  • ex-cites,
  • dis compose,
  • ex cited,
  • in flamed,
  • un-hinging,
  • de-bate,
  • dis cussing,
  • un-hinges,
  • dis-composed,
  • ex-cite,
  • dis-quiets,
  • de bating,
  • dis-compose,
  • un-hinged,
  • de bate,
  • ex citing,
  • dis quiet,
  • in-flames,
  • dis cussed,
  • pushes buttons,
  • in cite,
  • made flip,
  • in-flame,
  • bugs up,
  • dis cuss,
  • in-flamed,
  • dis quiets,
  • de-bating,
  • dis composes,
  • dis-cusses,
  • dis-quiet,
  • makes flip,
  • bugged up,
  • in cites,
  • in-cited,
  • dis-cussed,
  • de bates,
  • dis-quieted,
  • un hinge,
  • ex cite.
  •annoy (verb)
  • dis pleases,
  • be-leaguering,
  • t-offed,
  • be leaguering,
  • dis pleased,
  • ticking off,
  • t-offing,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • hitting where lives,
  • t offed,
  • toffed,
  • toffing,
  • heating up,
  • ticks off,
  • asking for it,
  • pushing button,
  • be-leaguers,
  • made waves,
  • hits where lives,
  • dis pleasing,
  • dis please,
  • t offs,
  • t off,
  • t-offs,
  • hitting where one lives,
  • asked for it,
  • making waves,
  • hit where lives,
  • firing up,
  • wrought on,
  • dis-pleased,
  • be leaguer,
  • asks for it,
  • hits where one lives,
  • works on,
  • pushed button,
  • be-leaguered,
  • be leaguers,
  • dis-please,
  • be-leaguer,
  • be leaguered,
  • dis-pleases,
  • pushes button,
  • t offing.
  •badger (verb)
  • gives business,
  • give business,
  • insists on,
  • gave the business,
  • gave business,
  • insisted on,
  • giving business,
  • insisting on,
  • giving the business,
  • gives the business.
  •bedevil (verb)
  • be devilling,
  • be devil,
  • be-deviling,
  • be-devilled,
  • be devils,
  • be-devils,
  • be devilled,
  • be deviling,
  • be-deviled,
  • be deviled,
  • be-devilling,
  • be-devil.
  •beset (verb)
  • giving needle,
  • started on,
  • be-setting,
  • giving the needle,
  • be-set,
  • giving one business,
  • jumped on case,
  • giving a bad time,
  • jumped one case,
  • gave one the business,
  • gave a bad time,
  • jumps one case,
  • sur-rounded,
  • gives needle,
  • jumps ones case,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • jump one case,
  • jumping on one case,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • jumped case,
  • gives bad time,
  • jumps on one case,
  • jump one's case,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • gives one the business,
  • sur rounded,
  • jumped ones case,
  • falling on,
  • gave needle,
  • jumping ones case,
  • give bad time,
  • falls on,
  • puts the squeeze on,
  • starting on,
  • be-sets,
  • jumped one's case,
  • gave the needle,
  • jump on case,
  • jumped on one case,
  • falling upon,
  • falls upon,
  • gives one business,
  • starts in on,
  • be setting,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • fall up on,
  • sur rounding,
  • sur-rounding,
  • over runs,
  • jump on ones case,
  • jumping one case,
  • falls up on,
  • be sets,
  • starts on,
  • over running,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • jumping on case,
  • putting the squeeze on,
  • gives a bad time,
  • falling up on,
  • jumping one's case,
  • giving one the business,
  • fell up on.
  •besiege (verb)
  • be sieging,
  • be-sieges,
  • be siege,
  • be sieges,
  • be-sieged,
  • be-sieging,
  • be sieged,
  • be-siege.
  •bother, disturb (verb)
  • abrade,
  • needle,
  • get on someone,
  • plague.
  •confound (verb)
  • be fogged,
  • be wilders,
  • metagrobolizes,
  • mis-identifies,
  • dis countenancing,
  • be-wildering,
  • mis-identify,
  • mis-identifying,
  • dis-comfit,
  • sur prise,
  • metagrobolizing,
  • sur prises,
  • sur-prised,
  • be fogs,
  • be wildering,
  • dis-comfits,
  • sur-prise,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis countenances,
  • be-wilders,
  • mis identified,
  • be wildered,
  • dis comfit,
  • misidentifying,
  • dis countenance,
  • mis identifying,
  • be-wildered,
  • mis identify,
  • be-fogged,
  • be-fogs,
  • mis-identified,
  • be fogging,
  • sur-prises,
  • be-fog,
  • dis-countenance,
  • be-fogging,
  • sur-prising,
  • be-wilder,
  • be wilder,
  • dis-countenances,
  • be fog,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • sur prising,
  • dis countenanced.
  •depress (verb)
  • de vitalized,
  • de basing,
  • de solates,
  • de vitalizing,
  • de presses,
  • keeping under,
  • dis-heartening,
  • re duces,
  • de-solates,
  • throws cold water on,
  • de-presses,
  • re-duce,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis maying,
  • dis courage,
  • de-vitalized,
  • dis heartens,
  • beating down,
  • de-press,
  • turning one off,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • de press,
  • dis-hearten,
  • bumming out,
  • dis hearten,
  • de-grade,
  • de-solated,
  • de solating,
  • de grade,
  • threw cold water on,
  • de solate,
  • re duce,
  • dis courages,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • de-grades,
  • de-grading,
  • dis-heartens,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis-heartened,
  • dis-courage,
  • dis mayed,
  • de grades,
  • de-pressed,
  • reducing tears,
  • turned one off,
  • de-pressing,
  • reduced to tears,
  • reduces to tears,
  • de solated,
  • de based,
  • casts down,
  • co wed,
  • de grading,
  • dis-may,
  • de-based,
  • de-base,
  • dis may,
  • de base,
  • de-basing,
  • de vitalizes,
  • de pressed,
  • de pressing,
  • de-solate,
  • reducing to tears,
  • beats down,
  • dis-courages,
  • de-graded,
  • dis mays,
  • co wing,
  • re-duces,
  • dis-mays,
  • de-solating,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis-maying,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • turns one off,
  • de-vitalize,
  • de vitalize,
  • co-wing,
  • reduce tears,
  • bums out,
  • de graded,
  • co-wed.
  •disconcert (verb)
  • dis-concerted,
  • dis concerted,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • throws balance,
  • threw balance,
  • dis arranges,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis-arranges,
  • de moralize,
  • psyching out,
  • un doing,
  • dis arranging,
  • throwing off balance,
  • dis arranged,
  • psychs out,
  • un-does,
  • dis concerts,
  • un settling,
  • throwing balance,
  • un does,
  • un balancing,
  • dis-concert,
  • un-did,
  • de-moralize,
  • de moralizing,
  • dis-arrange,
  • un did,
  • un settled,
  • de moralizes,
  • throw balance,
  • un settles,
  • dis arrange,
  • un balances,
  • un done,
  • dis-arranging,
  • un-balance,
  • un-settling,
  • dis concerting,
  • un balance,
  • un-settled,
  • de-moralized,
  • dis-concerting,
  • dis-arranged,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • un-settles,
  • threw off balance,
  • de-moralizing,
  • un-balances,
  • un settle,
  • un-balancing,
  • dis-concerts,
  • un-settle,
  • un-doing,
  • de moralized,
  • un-balanced,
  • dis concert.
  •distress (verb)
  • dis-tressed,
  • wast ones case,
  • were ones case,
  • nit picks,
  • are ones case,
  • nit picking,
  • does a number on,
  • are on case,
  • didst a number on,
  • doth a number on,
  • am on ones case,
  • are on one case,
  • were on one's case,
  • dis tresses,
  • is on case,
  • were one case,
  • am ones case,
  • be on one case,
  • was case,
  • dis tress,
  • did number on,
  • wast on one's case,
  • am on case,
  • is on ones case,
  • was on one's case,
  • pushing buttons,
  • nit-picks,
  • be on ones case,
  • wert on one's case,
  • nit pick,
  • being case,
  • doth number on,
  • is case,
  • wert one case,
  • makes it tough for,
  • art case,
  • wert on case,
  • were on one case,
  • wert on one case,
  • wert case,
  • were on case,
  • am one's case,
  • didst number on,
  • is on one's case,
  • wast one case,
  • nit picked,
  • doest number on,
  • art one's case,
  • be on case,
  • make tough for,
  • made it tough for,
  • nit-picked,
  • are one case,
  • pushed buttons,
  • were one's case,
  • dis-tresses,
  • are on one's case,
  • wast on ones case,
  • wast on one case,
  • dis tressed,
  • doing a number on,
  • wert on ones case,
  • were on ones case,
  • makes tough for,
  • wast one's case,
  • making it tough for,
  • is one case,
  • be one case,
  • was one case,
  • being on case,
  • making tough for,
  • are on ones case,
  • am one case,
  • was on case,
  • am case,
  • wast on case,
  • is on one case,
  • dost a number on,
  • being ones case,
  • dost number on,
  • is ones case,
  • was ones case,
  • being on one's case,
  • be ones case,
  • being on ones case,
  • are case,
  • was on ones case,
  • am on one case,
  • doeth number on,
  • be case,
  • did a number on,
  • am on one's case,
  • wast case,
  • dis-tress,
  • is one's case,
  • doest a number on,
  • wert ones case,
  • be one's case,
  • art ones case,
  • was on one case,
  • does number on,
  • doeth a number on,
  • being one's case,
  • wert one's case,
  • are one's case,
  • being on one case,
  • being one case,
  • was one's case,
  • were case,
  • doing number on,
  • made tough for.
  •eavesdrop (verb)
  • tunes on,
  • bends an ear,
  • being all ears,
  • art all ears,
  • were ears,
  • wast all ears,
  • over hear,
  • earses in to,
  • tuned on,
  • am all ears,
  • wast ears,
  • earsed into,
  • are all ears,
  • are ears,
  • was all ears,
  • earsed in to,
  • is ears,
  • bent an ear,
  • bent ear,
  • be ears,
  • over heard,
  • over hearing,
  • earsing in to,
  • bended ear,
  • were all ears,
  • over-hear,
  • over hears,
  • over-heard,
  • tuning on,
  • tune on,
  • wert all ears,
  • tunes in on,
  • bended an ear,
  • tuned in on,
  • listened in,
  • was ears,
  • being ears,
  • bend ear,
  • am ears,
  • bends ear,
  • over-hearing,
  • earses into,
  • wert ears,
  • is all ears,
  • bending ear,
  • earsing into,
  • bending an ear,
  • over-hears,
  • ears in to,
  • tuning in on.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • put hole,
  • hangs up,
  • puts out countenance,
  • hanging up,
  • putting a hole,
  • throws in to tizzy,
  • puts in spot,
  • throwing in to a tizzy,
  • put the spot,
  • making a monkey of,
  • put a spot,
  • puts hole,
  • threw into tizzy,
  • put out countenance,
  • throw in to a tizzy,
  • making monkey of,
  • hanged up,
  • threw into a tizzy,
  • puts the spot,
  • put a hole,
  • made a monkey of,
  • gave bad time,
  • put in hole,
  • putting the spot,
  • threw in to a tizzy,
  • puts in hole,
  • puts a spot,
  • put in spot,
  • throwing into a tizzy,
  • puts in a spot,
  • makes monkey of,
  • make monkey of,
  • catches one short,
  • throws in to a tizzy,
  • caught one short,
  • puts on spot,
  • put on spot,
  • throwing into tizzy,
  • puts spot,
  • catches short,
  • putting on spot,
  • makes a monkey of,
  • throws into tizzy,
  • puts in a hole,
  • putting in spot,
  • putting a spot,
  • putting on the spot,
  • putting in a spot,
  • giving bad time,
  • catch short,
  • puts out of countenance,
  • putting in hole,
  • made monkey of,
  • puts on the spot,
  • puts a hole,
  • putting out of countenance,
  • putting in a hole,
  • putting hole,
  • catching one short,
  • throw in to tizzy,
  • putting out countenance,
  • throwing in to tizzy,
  • catching short,
  • threw in to tizzy,
  • put spot,
  • throws into a tizzy.
  •exasperate (verb)
  • ex-asperated,
  • in-censed,
  • in-censes,
  • in censed,
  • tries patience of,
  • in-cense,
  • ex-asperating,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • try patience of,
  • ex asperating,
  • ex-asperate,
  • tried patience of,
  • get under ones skin,
  • ex acerbate,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • in cense,
  • ex asperate,
  • in censes,
  • tries the patience of,
  • ex acerbated,
  • get under one skin,
  • ex-asperates,
  • ex asperates,
  • in-censing,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • tried the patience of,
  • trying the patience of,
  • ex acerbating.
  •get (verb)
  • gets someone goat,
  • gotten someone goat,
  • getting someone goat,
  • gets someone's goat,
  • gets someones goat,
  • gotten someone's goat,
  • gotten someones goat,
  • get someone goat,
  • got someone goat,
  • gat someones goat,
  • gat someone's goat,
  • get someones goat,
  • getting someones goat,
  • gat someone goat,
  • got someone's goat.
  •harass (verb)
  • jerks around,
  • de-spoiling,
  • de spoiled,
  • rattle one cage,
  • de spoil,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • de-spoiled,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • rattled one cage,
  • rattles cage,
  • de-spoil,
  • de spoiling,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • de spoils,
  • rattles one cage,
  • noodging,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • rattling cage,
  • jerking around,
  • de-spoils,
  • rattled cage,
  • rattle cage.
  •henpeck (verb)
  • be rating,
  • be-rates,
  • be rate,
  • be rates,
  • be-rated,
  • be-rating,
  • be rated,
  • be-rate.
  •hound (verb)
  • being one's tail,
  • wert on tail,
  • am on one tail,
  • was on one's back,
  • chivies,
  • are one's tail,
  • being ones back,
  • wast on one back,
  • wert on one tail,
  • was on ones tail,
  • takes out after,
  • am ones back,
  • is back,
  • was on one's tail,
  • are on one back,
  • hunted down,
  • wast one back,
  • being back,
  • wert on one's tail,
  • yaps at,
  • are one tail,
  • are ones tail,
  • taking out after,
  • are on tail,
  • ragged on,
  • art one's back,
  • is on ones back,
  • are one back,
  • searching high heaven,
  • being one's back,
  • wert one back,
  • were tail,
  • being one back,
  • yapped at,
  • is one's tail,
  • being on one's tail,
  • art ones tail,
  • am on ones back,
  • be on one back,
  • was back,
  • be on ones tail,
  • were on one tail,
  • am on one's back,
  • wert on ones back,
  • wast on one's back,
  • being ones tail,
  • are on one's back,
  • art one's tail,
  • being on one tail,
  • is on back,
  • giving chase,
  • wast one's back,
  • wert on ones tail,
  • was on ones back,
  • turns upside down,
  • be tail,
  • was one's tail,
  • am one's back,
  • is one back,
  • beat bushes,
  • hunting down,
  • were on ones back,
  • is on one's tail,
  • was one's back,
  • was ones tail,
  • gives chase,
  • am ones tail,
  • wert ones back,
  • am one's tail,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • is on tail,
  • are on ones tail,
  • turns inside out,
  • were back,
  • wert tail,
  • hunts down,
  • wert one tail,
  • wert ones tail,
  • am on ones tail,
  • are ones back,
  • was ones back,
  • birddog,
  • wert one's tail,
  • were one back,
  • am on one's tail,
  • is one tail,
  • were ones back,
  • was one back,
  • are back,
  • am tail,
  • wert on one back,
  • be one's tail,
  • were one's tail,
  • be one's back,
  • is on one's back,
  • wast tail,
  • be on one tail,
  • am one tail,
  • is ones tail,
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • am on back,
  • were on one's tail,
  • being on ones tail,
  • be ones tail,
  • being one tail,
  • art tail,
  • are on one's tail,
  • wast on back,
  • searched high heaven,
  • took out after,
  • wast on tail,
  • is one's back,
  • wert back,
  • am one back,
  • being on back,
  • is tail,
  • being tail,
  • wast ones tail,
  • art back,
  • wast one tail,
  • gave chase,
  • turning upside down,
  • be on ones back,
  • wast back,
  • wert on one's back,
  • are one's back,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • are on one tail,
  • are on ones back,
  • wert one's back,
  • were ones tail,
  • is ones back,
  • yapping at,
  • was on one tail,
  • scratching around,
  • wast on one tail,
  • was on one back,
  • wast ones back,
  • wert on back,
  • wast on one's tail,
  • was one tail,
  • wast one's tail,
  • being on one back,
  • were on tail,
  • be on back,
  • ragging on,
  • am on tail,
  • were on ones tail,
  • was on tail,
  • wast on ones tail,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • be one back,
  • be ones back,
  • was on back,
  • be back,
  • wast on ones back,
  • art ones back,
  • is on ones tail,
  • are tail,
  • are on back,
  • being on ones back,
  • were on one back,
  • is on one tail,
  • rags on,
  • were on back,
  • scratches around,
  • were on one's back,
  • art one tail,
  • was tail,
  • being on one's back,
  • being on tail,
  • were one's back,
  • am back,
  • am on one back,
  • is on one back,
  • searches high heaven,
  • be one tail,
  • scratched around,
  • be on tail,
  • were one tail.
  •peeve (verb)
  • gotten ones goat,
  • getting one goat,
  • got one's goat,
  • gat one goat,
  • got goat,
  • getting ones goat,
  • gets ones goat,
  • gat one's goat,
  • get one goat,
  • gat goat,
  • get ones goat,
  • gotten goat,
  • gotten one goat,
  • gat ones goat,
  • got ones goat,
  • gotten one's goat,
  • getting goat,
  • getting one's goat,
  • gets goat,
  • gets one goat.
  •perturb (verb)
  • made a scene,
  • dis-ordering,
  • making a scene,
  • makes a scene,
  • made scene,
  • dis ordering,
  • dis-ordered,
  • making scene,
  • makes scene,
  • dis ordered,
  • make scene.
  •pester (verb)
  • gotten hair,
  • get one's hair,
  • gat in ones hair,
  • gat in one hair,
  • re minding,
  • messed with,
  • drives crazy,
  • gets one's hair,
  • got in ones hair,
  • driving crazy,
  • messes with,
  • gets one hair,
  • gat hair,
  • gat in hair,
  • gotten in one's hair,
  • gets in ones hair,
  • getting in one's hair,
  • gets hair,
  • gets in hair,
  • gat in one's hair,
  • re-minding,
  • getting one hair,
  • getting hair,
  • get in one hair,
  • messing with,
  • getting ones hair,
  • getting one's hair,
  • got hair,
  • gotten in one hair,
  • got in one hair,
  • re minds,
  • got ones hair,
  • gat ones hair,
  • got in one's hair,
  • getting in ones hair,
  • gotten one hair,
  • gat one hair,
  • gat one's hair,
  • drove crazy,
  • get ones hair,
  • re-minds,
  • gets ones hair,
  • re-minded,
  • getting in one hair,
  • get one hair,
  • getting in hair,
  • get in ones hair,
  • got in hair,
  • gets in one hair,
  • gotten in hair.
  •pique (verb)
  • gets rise out of,
  • gets a rise out of,
  • gotten a rise out of,
  • got a rise out of,
  • getting a rise out of,
  • gat rise out of,
  • get rise out of,
  • gotten rise out of,
  • got rise out of,
  • gat a rise out of,
  • getting rise out of.
  •provoke (verb)
  • worked into lather,
  • trying ones patience,
  • wrought into lather,
  • work in to lather,
  • try one patience,
  • trying one patience,
  • tried ones patience,
  • setting on,
  • works in to lather,
  • makes blood boil,
  • trying one's patience,
  • sets on,
  • tries one patience,
  • worked in to lather,
  • tried patience,
  • making blood boil,
  • tries ones patience,
  • tried one patience,
  • wrought in to lather,
  • working into lather,
  • works into lather,
  • tries one's patience,
  • tried one's patience,
  • made blood boil,
  • tries patience,
  • try ones patience,
  • trying patience.
  •pry (verb)
  • being inquisitive,
  • being busybody,
  • art nosy,
  • are curious,
  • am busybody,
  • is inquisitive,
  • art busybody,
  • art curious,
  • poking nose into,
  • wast a busybody,
  • wert curious,
  • be busybody,
  • wert nosy,
  • being nosy,
  • art inquisitive,
  • was a busybody,
  • were curious,
  • poked nose in to,
  • am a busybody,
  • is nosy,
  • is a busybody,
  • were a busybody,
  • am curious,
  • pokes nose into,
  • was curious,
  • were inquisitive,
  • being curious,
  • poked nose into,
  • wert busybody,
  • wast nosy,
  • poking nose in to,
  • wast inquisitive,
  • are inquisitive,
  • were nosy,
  • art a busybody,
  • am nosy,
  • being a busybody,
  • are busybody,
  • wert inquisitive,
  • was busybody,
  • wast busybody,
  • was nosy,
  • wast curious,
  • were busybody,
  • poke nose in to,
  • are a busybody.
  •pursue (verb)
  • poking around,
  • camps the doorstep of,
  • camping doorstep of,
  • pokes around,
  • poked around,
  • camped the doorstep of,
  • camp the doorstep of,
  • ran after,
  • camp doorstep of,
  • camped on the doorstep of,
  • moving behind,
  • runs after,
  • camp on doorstep of,
  • camped on doorstep of,
  • moved behind,
  • camps on doorstep of,
  • scouted out,
  • scouting out,
  • went after,
  • searches out,
  • searching for,
  • camping on doorstep of,
  • moves behind,
  • prowling after,
  • prowls after,
  • played catch up,
  • camped doorstep of,
  • prowled after,
  • camping on the doorstep of,
  • camps doorstep of,
  • searches for,
  • playing catch up,
  • camping the doorstep of,
  • scouts out,
  • plays catch up,
  • camps on the doorstep of.
  •rile (verb)
  • rubbing one the wrong way,
  • rubbing one wrong way,
  • rubs one wrong way,
  • rub one wrong way,
  • rubbed one wrong way,
  • rubs one the wrong way.
  •rouse (verb)
  • gets going,
  • be-stirred,
  • in nerved,
  • intensates,
  • wakes up,
  • keys up,
  • re doubles,
  • be stirring,
  • gotten going,
  • be stirred,
  • re-doubles,
  • re-doubling,
  • innerves,
  • be stir,
  • in nerves,
  • in nerving,
  • re double,
  • Intensated,
  • innervated,
  • innervates,
  • be-stirring,
  • in-nerving,
  • in-nerve,
  • innervating,
  • in nervate,
  • re doubling,
  • re-double,
  • in-nerved,
  • in-nervate,
  • be stirs,
  • Intensating,
  • keying up,
  • be-stir,
  • re-doubled,
  • be-stirs,
  • gat going,
  • re doubled.
  •rub the wrong way (verb)
  • ruffled one's feathers,
  • ruffled one feathers,
  • ruffling one feathers,
  • ruffles one's feathers,
  • ruffled ones feathers,
  • ruffle one feathers,
  • ruffle ones feathers,
  • ruffling one's feathers,
  • ruffling feathers,
  • rub wrong way,
  • ruffles feathers.
  •trouble (verb)
  • dis-obliges,
  • made fuss,
  • dis obliges,
  • dis obliging,
  • dis-obliged,
  • dis-obliging,
  • imposing on,
  • dis-oblige,
  • make fuss,
  • imposed on,
  • dis oblige,
  • making a fuss,
  • makes a fuss,
  • dis obliged,
  • making fuss,
  • makes fuss.
  •upset (verb)
  • in capacitates,
  • de range,
  • un nerving,
  • de-ranges,
  • un nerves,
  • in disposed,
  • in capacitating,
  • adjies,
  • in-disposing,
  • de-ranging,
  • in-disposes,
  • in capacitate,
  • in disposing,
  • in capacitated,
  • indisposes,
  • up sets,
  • de-ranged,
  • rock boat,
  • de ranging,
  • un nerved,
  • up setting,
  • adjied,
  • de ranges,
  • un-nerve,
  • de-range,
  • in-disposed,
  • in disposes,
  • in-capacitating,
  • un nerve,
  • in-capacitated,
  • de ranged,
  • in dispose,
  • adjying,
  • un-nerving,
  • in-capacitate,
  • up-setting,
  • up-set,
  • up-sets.
  •worry (verb)
  • bites ones nails,
  • gnaws at,
  • biting one nails,
  • bit one nails,
  • had qualms,
  • concerns oneself,
  • bites nails,
  • concerned oneself,
  • bit one's nails,
  • bite ones nails,
  • gnawing at,
  • sweated out,
  • bit nails,
  • feeling uneasy,
  • having qualms,
  • has qualms,
  • bite one nails,
  • bit ones nails,
  • concerning oneself,
  • feels uneasy,
  • biting ones nails,
  • hadst qualms,
  • felt uneasy,
  • hast qualms,
  • bites one nails,
  • bites one's nails.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • spy,
  • spook,
  • file locking,
  • page protection,
  • bedbug,
  • README file,
  • firmware,
  • creepy-crawly,
  • collaboration,
  • double agent,
  • file protection,
  • shutdown,
  • industrial espionage,
  • counterintelligence,
  • fly,
  • military intelligence,
  • ICQ,
  • slide show,
  • soft error,
  • autoflow,
  • spellchecker,
  • metrics,
  • clip art,
  • username,
  • license agreement,
  • file format,
  • browse mode,
  • collaborator,
  • print preview,
  • automatic hyphenation,
  • secret agent,
  • history list,
  • source code,
  • National Security,
  • gui,
  • spy on,
  • listening post,
  • page setup,
  • operative,
  • recycle bin,
  • quisling,
  • sprite,
  • infiltrate,
  • espionage,
  • wordwrap,
  • file transfer utility,
  • traitor,
  • autosave,
  • subroutine.
  •
  • login,
  • maniac,
  • vocabulary,
  • clipboard,
  • nettle,
  • devotee,
  • wire,
  • annoy,
  • password,
  • logon,
  • crawler,
  • irk,
  • wired,
  • penetrate.
  •
  • intelligence,
  • handler,
  • vex,
  • ruffle,
  • option,
  • chafe,
  • front end,
  • worm,
  • script,
  • bother,
  • plant.
  •
  • fiend,
  • module,
  • fret.
  •
  • disturb.
  •
  • edit,
  • string,
  • nut.
  •
  • jam.
  •
  • loop,
  • field.
  •
  • link,
  • level.
  •aggravate
  • Hacked,
  • get to,
  • wigged,
  • Hacking,
  • Nettles,
  • be on the back of,
  • gall,
  • gets to,
  • got to,
  • give a hard time,
  • wigging,
  • pick on,
  • drive up the wall,
  • nag,
  • irritates,
  • grate,
  • Bummed,
  • getting to,
  • be at,
  • Bumming,
  • get on one's nerves,
  • needling.
  •agitate
  • psyching,
  • psychs,
  • make flip,
  • PSYCH,
  • burned up,
  • bug up,
  • burn up,
  • burning up,
  • in flames.
  •beset
  • over-run,
  • infests,
  • start on,
  • be set,
  • fell upon,
  • give a bad time,
  • put squeeze on,
  • jump on one's case,
  • give the needle,
  • over-runs,
  • give one the business,
  • Infesting,
  • start in on,
  • fall upon,
  • fall on,
  • fell on,
  • Girdled.
  •besiege
  • buttonhole,
  • buttonholed,
  • buttonholes,
  • buttonholing.
  •confuse
  • confound.
  •depress
  • dulls,
  • DAMPS,
  • casting down,
  • cast down,
  • keep under,
  • Damping,
  • keeps under,
  • beat down,
  • bum out,
  • reduce to tears,
  • Damped,
  • Dulling,
  • kept under,
  • bummed out.
  •eavesdrop
  • wiretaps,
  • overhears,
  • listen in,
  • be all ears,
  • tune in on,
  • listens in,
  • wiretapped,
  • bend an ear,
  • Overhearing,
  • overhear,
  • ears into,
  • wiretapping,
  • listening in.
  •pursue
  • searched out,
  • poke around,
  • search out,
  • searched for,
  • camp on the doorstep of,
  • goes after,
  • running after,
  • play catch up,
  • move behind,
  • prowl after,
  • going after,
  • run after,
  • search for,
  • go after,
  • scout out,
  • searching out,
  • pursuing.
  •worry
  • concern oneself,
  • DUNS,
  • dun,
  • bite one's nails,
  • have qualms,
  • biting one's nails,
  • sweat out,
  • bite nails,
  • Dunned,
  • gnaw at,
  • biting nails,
  • Dunning,
  • sweating out.

Paraphrases for Bug:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    insect.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insect.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    squealer, malfunction, virus, tracker, pest, informer, snitch, parasite, worm, gnat.
  • Verb, base form
    bother, annoy.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    glitch, beetle, microbe, cockroach, microphone, mosquito, bacterium, earpiece.
  • Interjection
    Insects, insect.

Antonyms for Bug:

• n.

  • computer glitch
    advantage, benefit, strength, perfection.
  • obsession
    apathy, lethargy, indifference.
  • Other antonyms:
    health, healthiness, soundness, critic, heartiness, fettle, wellness, carper, robustness, wholesomeness, detractor, fitness, wholeness, shape.

• v.

  • bother, disturb
    help, soothe, aid, delight, please, not bother, assist, make happy.

Bug Sentence Examples:

• Max, who had largely been staring bug - eyed out the window at the passing scene, said, Hey, the car's stopping.

• They do not belong to the bug family.

Homophones for Bug:

• bugg, bugge.

Hyponym for Bug:

• n.

  • animal
    insect.
  • artifact
    microphone, MIC, mike.