Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "bore" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

entertain exciting interest interest

Derived Terms

Boraga artesian bore backbore bore draw bore in bore lake bore needle bore off bore out bore sight bore water bore-draw boreable boree borefest borefield boregasm borehole boreism boreless boreout borescope boresight boresighting boresome borewell boring clam chokebore counterbore crashing bore cross bore drawbore full bore full-bore less is a bore microbore nanobore overbore rebore sealbore small-bore smoothbore throughbore tongue-boring unbore wellbore windbore wood-boring

Distinct From

funny

Inflected/Variant Forms

bear

Context

mining

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arouse diam diameter disagreeable person disunite divide elicit enkindle evoke excavation fire kindle part provoke raise separate tidal current tidal flow unpleasant person

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Uninteresting person: Uninteresting place: Uninteresting situation: dryasdust dullsville routine rut same old same old same old story same old thing spoilsport square

Type Of (IsA)

diameter excavation unpleasant person walled cavity

Manner Of

cut

Related Terms

bored boredom borer boring boring tedium

Related Terms

artesian auger barrel bear bored boredom borer boring brings brings yawns cap diameter do drag drill drilling drilling hole eagre estuaries flow fool hole inspire interest lack makes makes tedious making making boring mill rapid river roll sudden tedious termites termites do tide trick uninteresting uninteresting drag water wave yawns

Synonym Network

drill forehole tidal bore

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.