Meanings
- not comparableWithout trouble.
The construction of the bridge was trouble-free.
1 more example
Since then we have had the unfortunate failure of a lubricating oil-pump on the diesel hauling the down "Fenman" on the Great Eastern Line, the subject of vast newspaper publicity because the Queen, who was on the train, was delayed an hour on her journey - and this, ironically, with a diesel of a type which has been as trouble-free as any other in the country.
1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 153–154
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivewithout problems or difficulties
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtrouble
- Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*priHós
- Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*friu
- Old Englishfrēo
- Englishtrouble-free
Translations
Afrikaans probleemvry
- probleemvrywithout trouble
Finnish ongelmaton
- ongelmatonwithout trouble
German problemlos
- problemloswithout trouble
Hindi निर्विघ्न
- निर्विघ्न (nirvighna)without trouble
Polish bezproblemowy
- bezproblemowywithout trouble
Russian безотка́зный, надёжный
- безотка́зный (bezotkáznyj)without trouble
- надёжный (nadjóžnyj)without trouble
- бесперебо́йный (besperebójnyj)without trouble
Spanish sin problemas, libre de problemas
- sin problemaswithout trouble
- libre de problemaswithout trouble
Cite this entry
trouble-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trouble-free
“trouble-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trouble-free. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trouble-free,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trouble-free.
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