Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bug

2 senses of bug

Sense 1
tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer -- (annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer")
       => torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate -- (treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher")

Sense 2
wiretap, tap, intercept, bug -- (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?")
       => listen in, eavesdrop -- (listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations")

Antonyms of adj bugged

1 sense of bugged

Sense 1
bugged -- (having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices; "wired hotel rooms"; "even the car is bugged")

INDIRECT (VIA wired) -> wireless -- (having no wires; "a wireless security system")

Similarity of adj bugged

1 sense of bugged

Sense 1
bugged -- (having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices; "wired hotel rooms"; "even the car is bugged")
       => wired (vs. wireless) -- (equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service; "a well-wired house")

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