Ache Synonyms and Antonyms

āk
Sore feeling; dull pain
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dull pain
  2. throbbing
  3. twinge
  4. aching
  5. pang
Antonyms:
  1. health
  2. relief
  3. ease
  4. comfort
To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pain
  2. hurt
  3. smart
  4. pang
  5. suffer
  6. agonize
  7. anguish
  8. desire
  9. grieve
  10. hunger
  11. long
  12. mourn
  13. twinge
  14. soreness
  15. throb
  16. yearn
To experience or express compassion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pity
  2. yearn
  3. pain
  4. commiserate
  5. compassionate
  6. throb
  7. feel
  8. sympathize
  9. be sore
  10. yen
  11. pine
  12. languish
To have a strong longing for
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. desire
  2. covet
  3. hanker
  4. long
  5. pant
  6. pine
  7. want
  8. wish
  9. yearn
  10. hone
A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pain
  2. pang
  3. prick
  4. prickle
  5. smart
  6. soreness
  7. stab
  8. sting
  9. stitch
  10. throe
  11. twinge
  12. misery
  13. gut-ache
A dull, steady pain.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pain
  2. earache
  3. odontalgia
  4. toothache

Words Related to Ache

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. achy
  2. achey
  3. sore
  4. cramp
  5. numbness
  6. pins-and-needles
  7. tingle
  8. aches and pains
  9. twitch
  10. burning-pain
  11. spasm
  12. feel-sore
  13. itch

Ache Sentence Examples

  • The ache within her deepened at the idea of trusting someone for the first time in her life, and the energy flowing between them grew more intense.

  • Cold air made his lungs ache, and he slowed then stopped, buckling over to catch his breath.

  • He knew that orchard, and an ache grew at his core.

  • It would not ache--it would be well--if only they did not pull it, but it was impossible to get rid of them.

  • I'm tired and I have a splitting head ache.

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