Synonyms and Antonyms of bugaboo
- doing one's tax returns is a real bugaboo for a lot of people
bête noire, black beast, bogey (also bogie), bugbear, dread, hobgoblin, ogre
apparition, ghost, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, wraith
banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp, incubus
fright, horrible, horror, monster, monstrosity, terror