badgers

The word “badgers” has 2 syllables: bad-gers

It's pronounced as /ˈbædʒərz/


What is synonym and antonym for badgers?

In the thesaurus, “badgers” has 140 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for badgers

  • Persian lambs
  • affronts
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • alligators
  • angers
  • annoys
  • antagonizes
  • baits
  • ballyrags
  • bearskins
  • beavers
  • bothers
  • buckskins
  • bugs
  • bullyrags
  • calfskins
  • chafes
  • chamois
  • chamoix
  • chinchillas
  • coonskins
  • cordovans
  • cowhides
  • crocodiles
  • deerskins
  • devils
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • doeskins
  • eats
  • eggs
  • enflames
  • enrages
  • ermines
  • exasperates
  • exercises
  • exhorts
  • fishers
  • fleeces
  • fox
  • foxes
  • frets
  • frosts
  • furs
  • galls
  • gets
  • goads
  • goatskins
  • grates
  • gripes
  • hagrides
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hassles
  • heckles
  • hides
  • horsehides
  • hounds
  • incenses
  • incites
  • inflames
  • infuriates
  • insists
  • insults
  • irks
  • irritates
  • itches
  • karakuls
  • kidskins
  • kolinskies
  • lambskins
  • leathers
  • maddens
  • marten
  • martens
  • miffs
  • mink
  • minks
  • moroccos
  • moutons
  • muskrat
  • muskrats
  • nags
  • narks
  • nettles
  • offends
  • otter
  • otters
  • outrages
  • patent leathers
  • peeves
  • pelts
  • persecutes
  • perturbs
  • pesters
  • pigskins
  • piques
  • plagues
  • presses
  • pressures
  • prods
  • prompts
  • provokes
  • pushes
  • puts out
  • rabbit
  • rabbits
  • raccoon
  • raccoons
  • racoon
  • racoons
  • rankles
  • rasps
  • rawhides
  • riles
  • roils
  • rouses
  • ruffles
  • sables
  • seals
  • sealskins
  • sharkskins
  • sheep
  • sheepskins
  • skins
  • snakeskins
  • spites
  • spurs
  • suedes
  • teases
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • urges
  • vexes
  • worries

Antonyms for badgers

  • aid
  • delight
  • help
  • leave alone
  • make happy
  • please
  • support

Meanings of badgers

  • noun
    1. Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
    2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
    3. A brush made of badger hair.
    4. (in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
    5. An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
  • verb
    1. To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
    2. To pass gas; to fart.

Example Sentences

  • Badgers are nocturnal animals known for their distinctive black and white markings.
  • The naturalist observed a family of badgers emerging from their burrow at dusk.
  • Farmers sometimes encounter badgers while working in the fields.
  • Badgers are skilled diggers, excavating elaborate underground burrow systems.
  • Wildlife enthusiasts often set up cameras to capture footage of badgers in their natural habitat.

On this page you'll find 147 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to badgers, such as: Persian lambs, affronts, aggravates, agitates, aid, alligators, angers.

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Related Words

baits

  • aggravates
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  • ambushes
  • annoys
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  • badgers
  • bedevils
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  • beleaguers
  • betrays
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  • boosts
  • bothers
  • browbeats
  • bugs
  • bullies
  • calls
  • captivates
  • catches
  • chafes
  • charms
  • come-ons
  • decoys
  • derides
  • discomforts
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  • dogs
  • draws
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  • enchants
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  • exasperates
  • fascinates
  • frets
  • frosts
  • galls
  • gets
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  • goads
  • grates
  • gripes
  • hagrides
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  • hectors
  • hooks
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  • nags
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  • scents
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  • siren songs
  • snares
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  • stool pigeons
  • tangles
  • taunts
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  • terrorizes
  • tests
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  • trolls
  • troubles
  • turn-ons
  • vexes
  • wiles

ballyrags

  • affrights
  • alarms
  • alarums
  • badgers
  • blackjacks
  • bludgeons
  • blusters
  • bogarts
  • browbeats
  • bulldozes
  • bullies
  • coerces
  • compels
  • constrains
  • cows
  • demoralizes
  • discomposes
  • disconcerts
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • dragoons
  • forces
  • frightens
  • harasses
  • hectors
  • horrifies
  • hounds
  • intimidates
  • makes
  • menaces
  • obliges
  • perturbs
  • picks on
  • presses
  • pressures
  • pushes around
  • scares
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  • spooks
  • startles
  • strong-arms
  • terrifies
  • terrorizes
  • threatens
  • trash-talks
  • unmans
  • unnerves
  • upsets

calls for

eats

  • affronts
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • aliment
  • angers
  • annoys
  • antagonizes
  • badgers
  • baits
  • ballyrags
  • banquets
  • board
  • boards
  • bolts
  • bothers
  • bread
  • breakfasts
  • breaks bread
  • breaks down
  • breaks up
  • bugs
  • bullyrags
  • chafes
  • chews
  • chow
  • chuck
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • consumes
  • corrodes
  • decimates
  • decomposes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devils
  • devours
  • diet
  • digests
  • digs in
  • dines
  • dines out
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • dish
  • disintegrates
  • dispatches
  • disquiets
  • dissolves
  • distresses
  • downs
  • eatables
  • edibles
  • enflames
  • enrages
  • ensilage
  • erodes
  • exasperates
  • exercises
  • fare
  • fares
  • feast
  • feasts
  • feed
  • feeds
  • finger food
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • frets
  • frosts
  • galls
  • gets
  • gets to
  • gluts
  • gnaws
  • gorges
  • gormandizes
  • grates
  • grazes
  • gripes
  • grub
  • gulps
  • gums
  • hagrides
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hassles
  • heckles
  • incenses
  • inflames
  • infuriates
  • ingests
  • insults
  • irks
  • irritates
  • itches
  • laps
  • licks
  • lunches
  • maddens
  • meal
  • meals
  • meat
  • mess
  • messes
  • miffs
  • munches
  • nags
  • narks
  • natural food
  • nettles
  • nibbles
  • nosh
  • noshes
  • nourishment
  • nurses
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • offends
  • outrages
  • overeats
  • overfeeds
  • pap
  • partakes
  • peeves
  • persecutes
  • perturbs
  • pesters
  • picks
  • picnics
  • pigs out
  • piques
  • plagues
  • plate
  • platter
  • polishes off
  • provender
  • provisions
  • provokes
  • puts away
  • puts down
  • puts out
  • rankles
  • rasps
  • rations
  • refreshes
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • regales
  • relishes
  • repast
  • repasts
  • riles
  • roils
  • rouses
  • rubs the wrong way
  • ruffles
  • ruins
  • savors
  • savours
  • scoffs
  • serving
  • silage
  • slop
  • slops
  • snacks
  • spites
  • spread
  • supplies
  • sups
  • sustenance
  • swallows
  • swill
  • swills
  • table
  • tastes
  • teases
  • tidbits
  • tucker
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • viands
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • wastes
  • wears on
  • wolfs
  • worries
  • wrecks

galls

  • abrades
  • affronts
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • angers
  • annoys
  • antagonizes
  • badgers
  • baits
  • ballyrags
  • bites
  • bothers
  • breaks down
  • breaks up
  • bugs
  • bullyrags
  • burns
  • chafes
  • chews
  • corrades
  • corrodes
  • decomposes
  • devils
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disintegrates
  • disquiets
  • dissolves
  • distresses
  • eats
  • enflames
  • enrages
  • erases
  • erodes
  • exasperates
  • excoriates
  • exercises
  • files
  • flays
  • frays
  • frazzles
  • frets
  • frosts
  • gets
  • gets to
  • gnaws
  • grates
  • grazes
  • grinds
  • gripes
  • hagrides
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hassles
  • heckles
  • hones
  • incenses
  • inflames
  • infuriates
  • insults
  • irks
  • irritates
  • itches
  • maddens
  • miffs
  • nags
  • narks
  • nettles
  • nibbles
  • offends
  • outrages
  • peels
  • peeves
  • persecutes
  • perturbs
  • pesters
  • piques
  • plagues
  • provokes
  • puts out
  • rankles
  • rasps
  • reduces
  • riles
  • roils
  • rouses
  • rubs
  • rubs out
  • rubs the wrong way
  • ruffles
  • sandblasts
  • sandpapers
  • scours
  • scrapes
  • scratches
  • scuffs
  • sharpens
  • shaves
  • skins
  • spites
  • teases
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • wears
  • wears on
  • wears out
  • whets
  • worries

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