Synonyms for choler
Most common
anger fury ire bile irritability petulance yellow bile red colic
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Anger
anger, ire, fury, bile, spleen, indignation, rage, passion, wrath, gall, grudge, displeasure, vexation, resentment
2. Irritability
irritability, petulance, fussiness, crossness, peevishness, fretfulness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Yellow bile.
- n. 2
Anger or irritability.
Related words
- Word family
- choleric
Forms
- Plural
- cholers → angers, furies, biles, spleens…
Choose the right word
Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- fury It was time for the Numidians to vent their fury.
- ire Máire married the man who got first prize.
- bile Where does all your bile come from?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| choler | steady | |
| anger | rising | |
| fury | rising | |
| ire | steady | |
| bile | steady | |
| irritability | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ire1
- 4 letters
- rage1, fury2, gall1, bile1
- 5 letters
- anger2, wrath1
- 6 letters
- grudge1, spleen1
- 7 letters
- passion2
- 8 letters
- vexation
- 9 letters
- petulance3, fussiness, crossness
- 10 letters
- resentment3
- 11 letters
- indignation4, displeasure3, peevishness, fretfulness
- 12 letters
- irritability6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).