Words that rhyme with strother

adj 1: any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day" [syn: another(a), some other]

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle] 2: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] v 1: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself] 2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 3: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother] 4: intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" 5: make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" 6: make confused or perplexed or puzzled

n 1: a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents" [syn: brother, blood brother] [ant: sis, sister] 2: a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group); "none of his brothers would betray him" 3: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick] 4: used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [syn: brother, comrade] 5: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"

adv 1: to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies" [syn: further, farther] 2: to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future" [syn: farther, further] adj 1: more distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house" 2: more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations" [syn: further, farther]

n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: father, male parent, begetter] [ant: female parent, mother] 2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" [syn: forefather, father, sire] 3: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military [syn: Father, Padre] 4: (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom [syn: Church Father, Father of the Church, Father] 5: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal" 6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: Father, Father-God, Fatherhood] 7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder, beginner, founding father, father] 8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father] v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

n 1: any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism 2: someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild

n 1: the father of your father or mother [syn: grandfather, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa]

n 1: armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket [syn: launcher, rocket launcher] 2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn: catapult, launcher]

n 1: a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children" [syn: mother, female parent] [ant: begetter, father, male parent] 2: a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar 3: a term of address for an elderly woman 4: a term of address for a mother superior 5: a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention" v 1: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn: mother, fuss, overprotect] 2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

n 1: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" [syn: suggestion, proposition, proffer] v 1: present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink" [syn: offer, proffer]

adv 1: on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones" [syn: rather, instead] 2: to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy" [syn: rather, kind of, kinda, sort of] 3: more readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up" [syn: preferably, sooner, rather] 4: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: quite, rather]

n 1: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) [syn: goffer, gopher] 2: an iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron] 3: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats [syn: goffer, gauffer] v 1: make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of the dress" [syn: gauffer, goffer]

n 1: a writer who collaborates with others in writing something [syn: coauthor, joint author]

n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap] v 1: make upset or troubled 2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap, pother]