pains

The word “pains” has 1 syllable: pains

It's pronounced as /peɪnz/

What is synonym and antonym for pains?

In the thesaurus, “pains” has 304 synonyms and 87 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for pains

accomplishment
aches
achievement
act
action
activity
ado
advertence
advertency
afflicts
agonizes
agony
aim
alertness
anguish
anguishes
application
arm
aspiration
assiduity
assignment
attempt
attention
battle
birth
birth pangs
bites
bleeds
bother
brunt
brush
burden
burns
business
bustle
calling
care
carefulness
caution
chafes
charge
childbearing
childbirth
chore
circumspection
clash
closeness
clout
coercion
combat
commission
commitment
committal
compulsion
concentration
concern
conflict
conscientiousness
conscription
consideration
constrait
contest
contract
contractions
crack
cramps
creation
daily grind
deed
delivery
determination
devoir
difficulty
diligence
dint
direction
discipline
discretion
discrimination
distress
draft
drill
drudge
drudgery
dues
duress
dutifulness
dynamism
effort
elbow grease
employment
encounter
endeavor
energy
enforcement
engagement
enterprise
enthusiasm
essay
exaction
exactitude
exactness
exercise
exertion
expenditure
extortion
faithfulness
fastidiousness
feat
festers
fling
flurry
focus
force
forethought
free-for-all
full head of steam
function
functioning
fury
fuss
gingerliness
giving birth
go
grind
grindstone
gruntwork
hard pull
hardship
harrows
hassle
heed
heedfulness
honesty
honor
hook
horsepower
hurts
impact
impetus
impulse
inconvenience
incorruptibility
industry
intention
intentness
interest
inventiveness
irreproachability
irreproachableness
itches
jam
job
judiciousness
jump
labor
load
long haul
long pull
management
meticulosity
meticulousness
might
millstone
mindfulness
minding the store
mission
moil
momentum
moonlight
muscle
must
nags
need
nicety
nine-to-five
obligation
observance
observation
occupation
office
old college try
onus
operation
ought
painstaking
pangs
part
particularity
parturition
pass
patience
performance
perseverance
persistence
pinches
potency
potential
pother
pounds
pow
power
precaution
precision
pressure
product
production
province
prudence
puissance
pull
punch
punctiliousness
purpose
push
racks
regard
resolution
responsibility
rigor
role
rough-and-tumble
roughhouse
row
salt mines
scramble
scrupulousness
service
servitude
set-to
shot
sinew
skirmish
slog
slogging
smarts
sock
solicitude
speed
spurt
stab
station
steadfastness
steam
stimulus
stings
stint
strain
strength
stress
stretch
strife
string
striving
strong arm
struggle
stuff
subjection
suffering
suffers
sweat
swells
taking care of business
task
tension
thought
throbs
throes
tingles
tirelessness
toil
torments
tortures
training
travail
trial
tribulation
trouble
trust
try
tug
tussle
twinges
undertaking
uprightness
use
utilization
velocity
venture
veracity
vigilance
vigor
violence
wariness
watchfulness
weight
whack
what it takes
while
woe
work
worry
wrangle
zeal

Antonyms for pains

abstention
accord
adroitness
advantage
agreement
aid
apathy
assistance
benefit
blessing
calm
calmness
carelessness
comfort
contentment
destruction
discouragement
dishonesty
disinterest
disregard
disrespect
dormancy
ease
entertainment
facility
failure
faithlessness
falsehood
fitness
fluency
fun
giving-in
good health
happiness
health
heedlessness
help
hesitation
hindrance
hobby
idleness
ignorance
imprudence
inaction
inactivity
inadvertence
inadvertency
inattention
inattentiveness
incompetence
inconstancy
indifference
indiscretion
indolence
inertia
inobservance
irresponsibility
joy
languor
laziness
lethargy
loss
management
manager
misuse
neglect
negligence
nonchalance
omission
passivity
pastime
peace
powerlessness
profit
quiescence
relaxation
retreat
ruin
smoothness
success
surrender
thoughtlessness
treachery
truce
unemployment
weakness
worthlessness

Meanings of pains

noun
1. An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
2. The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress.
3. (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing.
4. Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
6. Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.
verb
1. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
2. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
3. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Example Sentences

She took great pains to ensure that every detail of the project was perfect.
Despite her pains to hide her emotions, her sadness was evident in her eyes.
He went to great pains to apologize for his mistake and make amends.
The artist took pains to capture the essence of the landscape in his painting.
It's important to listen to your body's pains and signals to prevent injury during exercise.

On this page you'll find 391 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pains, such as: abstention, accomplishment, accord, aches, achievement, act, action.

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