fuss-budget

1. 1.

   thinks about unfortunate things that might happen

   Synonymsworrierfusspotworrywart

   Broaderspoilsport

Questions about fuss-budget

What does fuss-budget mean?

fuss-budget means "thinks about unfortunate things that might happen".

How many syllables are in fuss-budget?

fuss-budget has 3 syllables: fuss--bud-get. The stress falls on "fuss-".

What is another word for fuss-budget?

Close synonyms include worrier, fusspot, worrywart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fuss-budget a common word?

fuss-budget is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.