Synonyms and Antonyms of bugbear
- communism was once the nation's biggest bugbear
bête noire, black beast, bogey (also bogie), bugaboo, 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
- hated all the bugbears of modern life, especially those long commutes to work
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, bother, botheration, exasperation, frustration, hair shirt, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation