ache

The word “ache” has 1 syllable: ache

It's pronounced as /eɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for ache?

In the thesaurus, “ache” has 61 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ache along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ache

  • afflict
  • affliction
  • agonize
  • agony
  • anguish
  • backache
  • be sore
  • bellyache
  • bite
  • bleed
  • burn
  • chafe
  • charley horse
  • colic
  • complaint
  • cramp
  • damage
  • detriment
  • discomfort
  • distress
  • earache
  • fester
  • gripe
  • harm
  • harrow
  • headache
  • hurt
  • inflammation
  • injury
  • itch
  • misery
  • nag
  • pain
  • pang
  • pinch
  • pound
  • pounding
  • prick
  • rack
  • shoot
  • smart
  • sore
  • soreness
  • spasm
  • sting
  • stitch
  • stomachache
  • suffer
  • sufferance
  • suffering
  • swell
  • swelling
  • tenderness
  • throb
  • throbbing
  • throe
  • tingle
  • toothache
  • torment
  • torture
  • twinge

Antonyms for ache

Meanings of ache

  • noun
    1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
  • verb
    1. To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
    2. To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
    3. Parsley.
    4. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Example Sentences

  • After the long hike, his legs began to ache.
  • She felt an ache in her heart after saying goodbye.
  • The cold weather made his joints ache.
  • A dull ache spread through his head after hours of studying.
  • His muscles continued to ache after the intense workout.

On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ache, such as: afflict, affliction, agonize, agony, anguish, assuage, backache.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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  • Murphy bed
  • ache
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • agonize
  • agony
  • anguish
  • annoy
  • arbor
  • asperity
  • assail
  • attack
  • badger
  • bassinet
  • batter
  • bed
  • bedevil
  • bedstead
  • beset
  • besiege
  • bother
  • box
  • bracket
  • bruise
  • bug
  • bunk
  • bunk bed
  • carry-cot
  • chafe
  • cot
  • couch
  • counter
  • cradle
  • crib
  • cripple
  • cross
  • crucible
  • crucify
  • crush
  • curse
  • damage
  • danger
  • daybed
  • difficulty
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • dog
  • doss
  • emergency
  • exasperate
  • excruciate
  • excruciation
  • feather bed
  • fluster
  • force
  • four-poster
  • fray
  • furniture
  • futon
  • gall
  • get
  • grate
  • grieve
  • gripe
  • hagride
  • hammock
  • harass
  • hardship
  • harm
  • harrow
  • harry
  • hay
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • holder
  • hound
  • hurt
  • impair
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jeopardy
  • joylessness
  • kip
  • lair
  • lame
  • ledge
  • mangle
  • martyr
  • mattress
  • misery
  • molest
  • mutilate
  • nettle
  • oppress
  • overpower
  • overwhelm
  • pad
  • pain
  • pallet
  • pang
  • peeve
  • perch
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pinch
  • pique
  • plague
  • prick
  • pull
  • pursue
  • put out
  • rasp
  • receptacle
  • ride
  • rigor
  • rile
  • sack
  • sadness
  • shake
  • shakedown
  • shelf
  • sleigh bed
  • smart
  • smarting
  • smite
  • sofa
  • sofa bed
  • soreness
  • sorrow
  • stab
  • stand
  • sting
  • stitch
  • strain
  • stress
  • stretch
  • strike
  • structure
  • studio couch
  • tax
  • tear
  • throe
  • torment
  • torture
  • travail
  • trestle
  • trial
  • tribulation
  • trouble
  • trundle bed
  • try
  • twinge
  • tyrannize
  • unhappiness
  • upset
  • vex
  • victimize
  • water bed
  • weaken
  • woe
  • worry
  • wound
  • wrench
  • wring

ill-treatment

  • abusage
  • abuse
  • ache
  • annoyance
  • banishment
  • barbarism
  • bashing
  • black and blue
  • blow
  • boo-boo
  • bruise
  • catachresis
  • chop
  • corruption
  • crime
  • cruel treatment
  • damage
  • debasement
  • delinquency
  • desecration
  • destruction
  • detriment
  • disadvantage
  • disaster
  • discomfort
  • disservice
  • dissipation
  • distress
  • down
  • exile
  • exploitation
  • expulsion
  • fault
  • galling
  • gash
  • harm
  • ill
  • ill-usage
  • imprisonment
  • infliction
  • injury
  • injustice
  • killing
  • loss
  • malapropism
  • maltreatment
  • mark
  • massacre
  • misapplication
  • misappropriation
  • mischief
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • misemployment
  • misfortune
  • mishandling
  • mismanage
  • mismanagement
  • mismanaging
  • mistreatment
  • misusage
  • misuse
  • misutilization
  • murder
  • nick
  • offense
  • oppression
  • ouch
  • outrage
  • pain
  • pang
  • persecution
  • perversion
  • pestering
  • prejudice
  • profanation
  • prostitution
  • provoking
  • rough handling
  • ruin
  • scratch
  • sin
  • solecism
  • sore
  • soreness
  • spoiling
  • squandering
  • suffering
  • teasing
  • torment
  • torture
  • waste
  • wound
  • wrecking
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing

want

wants

famishment


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