fuss

/fˈʌs/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. worry unnecessarily or excessively
   “don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now”
2. care for like a mother
   “She fusses over her husband”

noun

1. an excited state of agitation
   “he was in a dither”
2. an angry disturbance
   “he didn't want to make a fuss”
3. a quarrel about petty points
4. a rapid active commotion

Synonyms for fuss

• niggle
• fret
• mother
• overprotect
• dither
• pother
• tizzy
• flap
• trouble
• bother
• hassle
• bicker
• bickering
• spat
• tiff
• squabble
• pettifoggery
• bustle
• hustle
• flurry
• ado
• stir

Words that rhyme with fuss

• bus
• truss
• cuss
• plus
• thus
• buss
• discuss
• pus
• superfluous
• minibus
• treasonous
• wuss
• barfuss
• brus
• bruss
• busse
• careplus
• cus
• dimitrius
• eurailpass
• fuhs
• ghattas
• goldfus
• gruss
• gus
• guss
• hasenfus
• klus
• krus
• kus