A man of weak will is the target of criticism; even his friends would badger him into correcting his defects.
Source: tatoeba (28210)
Badger
//ˈbæd͡ʒə//
Synonyms for "badger" (141 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
derived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesholonym
2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
210 translations across 132 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- das noun (mammal)
- ratel noun (mammal)
Albanian
3 entries- baldosë noun (mammal)
- vjedhullë noun (mammal)
- vjedull noun (mammal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τρόχος noun (mammal)
Arabic
1 entries- غُرَيْر noun (mammal)
Aragonese
3 entries- melón noun (mammal)
- taxugo noun (mammal)
- taxón noun (mammal)
Armenian
4 entries- գորշուկ noun (mammal)
- իշղար noun (mammal)
- փորսուղ noun (mammal)
- հալածել verb (pester)
Asturian
4 entries- melandru noun (mammal)
- melón noun (mammal)
- tesugu noun (mammal)
- texón noun (mammal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- porsuq noun (mammal)
Bashkir
1 entries- бурһыҡ noun (mammal)
Basque
1 entries- azkonar noun (mammal)
Bats
1 entries- მაჲჩუ̂ noun (mammal)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Dåchs noun (mammal)
Belarusian
1 entries- барсу́к noun (mammal)
Breton
1 entries- broc'h noun (mammal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- я́зовец noun (mammal)
- безпоко́я verb (pester)
- дразня́ verb (pester)
Burmese
1 entries- ခွေးတူဝက်တူ noun (mammal)
Catalan
1 entries- teixó noun (mammal)
Chechen
1 entries- дӏама noun (mammal)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎢᏃᎵ noun (mammal)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 獾 noun (mammal)
- 困擾 /困扰 verb (pester)
- 糾纏 /纠缠 verb (pester)
Chuvash
1 entries- пурӑш noun (mammal)
Cimbrian
1 entries- daks noun (mammal)
Cornish
1 entries- brogh noun (mammal)
Czech
1 entries- jezevec noun (mammal)
Danish
1 entries- grævling noun (mammal)
Dutch
4 entries- das noun (mammal)
- steeds zeuren over verb (pester)
- voortdurend aandringen verb (pester)
- voortdurend lastigvallen verb (pester)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- нерге noun (mammal)
Erzya
1 entries- борцу noun (mammal)
Esperanto
1 entries- melo noun (mammal)
Estonian
2 entries- mäger noun (mammal)
- määr noun (mammal)
Faroese
1 entries- grevlingur noun (mammal)
Finnish
2 entries- mäyrä noun (mammal)
- kiusata verb (pester)
French
4 entries- blaireau noun (mammal)
- beurrer la raie verb (pester)
- casser les couilles verb (pester)
- emmerder verb (pester)
Friulian
1 entries- tac noun (mammal)
Galician
3 entries- porco teixo noun (mammal)
- teixugo noun (mammal)
- teixón noun (mammal)
Georgian
1 entries- მაჩვი noun (mammal)
German
4 entries- Dachs noun (mammal)
- belästigen verb (pester)
- piesacken verb (pester)
- plagen verb (pester)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 noun (mammal)
- 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (pester)
Greek
4 entries- ασβός noun (mammal)
- ενοχλώ verb (pester)
- παρενοχλώ verb (pester)
- πειράζω verb (pester)
Hebrew
1 entries- גִּירִית noun (mammal)
Hindi
1 entries- बिज्जू noun (mammal)
Hungarian
2 entries- borz noun (mammal)
- piszkál verb (pester)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Dachs noun (mammal)
Icelandic
1 entries- greifingi noun (mammal)
Ido
1 entries- daxo noun (mammal)
Indonesian
1 entries- biul noun (mammal)
Interlingua
1 entries- taxon noun (mammal)
Irish
1 entries- broc noun (mammal)
Italian
1 entries- tasso noun (mammal)
Japanese
2 entries- アナグマ noun (mammal)
- 穴熊 noun (mammal)
Judeo-Tat
1 entries- хуьрсек noun (mammal)
Kalmyk
1 entries- зорхн noun (mammal)
Karachay Balkar
1 entries- борсукъ noun (mammal)
Kazakh
1 entries- борсық noun (mammal)
Khakas
2 entries- морсых noun (mammal)
- порсых noun (mammal)
Korean
1 entries- 오소리 noun (mammal)
Kumyk
1 entries- порсукъ noun (mammal)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кашкулак noun (mammal)
Ladin
1 entries- tas noun (mammal)
Lakota
2 entries- ȟoká noun (mammal)
- pažíb khuwá verb (pester)
Latin
4 entries- mēlēs noun (mammal)
- taxō noun (mammal)
- inrītō verb (pester)
- irrītō verb (pester)
Latvian
1 entries- āpsis noun (mammal)
Laz
1 entries- მუმჩქვი noun (mammal)
Lithuanian
2 entries- barsukas noun (mammal)
- opšrus noun (mammal)
Low German
2 entries- Daks noun (mammal)
- Tacks noun (mammal)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- jazw noun (mammal)
- šwińc noun (mammal)
Macedonian
1 entries- ја́зовец noun (mammal)
Malay
1 entries- bejar noun (mammal)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡩᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ noun (mammal)
Manx
1 entries- broc noun (mammal)
Mazanderani
2 entries- ساتشی noun (mammal)
- گورشکو noun (mammal)
Middle Irish
1 entries- brocc noun (mammal)
Mingrelian
1 entries- მუნჩქვი noun (mammal)
Mongolian
1 entries- дорго noun (mammal)
Māori
2 entries- pateri noun (mammal)
- mamare verb (pester)
Nanai
2 entries- дорон noun (mammal)
- оё̄н noun (mammal)
Navajo
1 entries- nahashchʼidí noun (mammal)
Nepali
1 entries- रतेल noun (mammal)
Norman
1 entries- blaireau noun (mammal)
Northern Altai
2 entries- порсук noun (mammal)
- торокон noun (mammal)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kurbeşk noun (mammal)
Northern Sami
1 entries- mievri noun (mammal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- grevling noun (mammal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- grevling noun (mammal)
Occitan
3 entries- rabàs noun (mammal)
- tais noun (mammal)
- taisson noun (mammal)
Old English
1 entries- brocc noun (mammal)
Omaha-Ponca
1 entries- qúga noun (mammal)
Ossetian
1 entries- зыгъа́рӕг noun (mammal)
Persian
2 entries- اشغور noun (mammal)
- گورکن noun (mammal)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ieedschwien noun (mammal)
Polish
2 entries- borsuk noun (mammal)
- jaźwiec noun (mammal)
Portuguese
1 entries- texugo noun (mammal)
Romanian
2 entries- bursuc noun (mammal)
- viezure noun (mammal)
Romansch
3 entries- tais noun (mammal)
- tass noun (mammal)
- tes noun (mammal)
Russian
4 entries- барсу́к noun (mammal)
- беспоко́ить verb (pester)
- досажда́ть verb (pester)
- дразни́ть verb (pester)
Sardinian
2 entries- cane de ribu noun (mammal)
- tassu noun (mammal)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- taks noun (mammal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- broc noun (mammal)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- jȁzavac noun (mammal)
- ја̏завац noun (mammal)
Seri
2 entries- xeezej noun (mammal)
- ziix hant ctaxoj noun (mammal)
Slovak
1 entries- jazvec noun (mammal)
Slovene
1 entries- jazbec noun (mammal)
Southern Altai
1 entries- борсык noun (mammal)
Spanish
4 entries- melandro noun (mammal)
- tajugo noun (mammal)
- tasugo noun (mammal)
- tejón noun (mammal)
Sudovian
1 entries- vobzdus noun (mammal)
Svan
1 entries- მინჩქუ̂ noun (mammal)
Swahili
1 entries- melesi noun (mammal)
Swedish
1 entries- grävling noun (mammal)
Tagalog
2 entries- badyer noun (mammal)
- tasugo noun (mammal)
Tajik
1 entries- қашқалдоқ noun (mammal)
Talysh
1 entries- порсығ noun (mammal)
Taos
1 entries- kòlnoʼóna noun (mammal)
Tatar
1 entries- бурсык noun (mammal)
Thai
1 entries- แบดเจอร์ noun (mammal)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- bagarapim sindaun bilong verb (pester)
Turkish
1 entries- porsuk noun (mammal)
Turkmen
1 entries- torsuk noun (mammal)
Tuvan
1 entries- морзук noun (mammal)
Udmurt
3 entries- барсук noun (mammal)
- кырпуны noun (mammal)
- нарды noun (mammal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- борсу́к noun (mammal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- šwinc noun (mammal)
Uyghur
1 entries- بورسۇق noun (mammal)
Uzbek
1 entries- boʻrsiq noun (mammal)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lửng noun (mammal)
Volapük
1 entries- daf noun (mammal)
Walloon
1 entries- taesson noun (mammal)
Welsh
3 entries- broch noun (mammal)
- daearfoch noun (mammal)
- moch daear noun (mammal)
West-Frisian
1 entries- das noun (mammal)
Western Apache
2 entries- baʼ nteelé noun (mammal)
- ma' nteelé noun (mammal)
Western Mari
1 entries- нергӹ noun (mammal)
Yiddish
1 entries- דאַקס noun (mammal)
Zazaki
2 entries- hermuşık noun (mammal)
- xermuşık noun (mammal)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
A child who has just learned to talk will badger his parents with "whys" and "whats".
Source: tatoeba (35456)
That's the badger!
Source: tatoeba (739693)
The badger bit the boy.
Source: tatoeba (3807635)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.