Synonyms and Antonyms of nuisance
1
one who is obnoxiously annoying
- the new neighbor is threatening to become a nuisance, dropping in on us several times a day
annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, gnawer, nudnik (also nudnick), pain, persecutor, pest, tease, teaser
2
something that is a source of irritation
- folding up this map correctly is such a nuisance
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, bother, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, hair shirt, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
discomfort, fleabite, pinprick
affront, insult, offense (or offence)
upset, worry
affliction, albatross, burden, cross, curse, menace, millstone, plague, sore
anxiety, plight, predicament, tribulation, trouble
hang-up, pet peeve, problem
annoyer, disturber, harasser, mischief, offender
pandora's box
