Thesaurus:afraid

Thesaurus

afraid

English

Adjective

Sense: impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive

Synonyms

• afeared
• alarmed
• anxious
• apprehensive
• chicken
• fearful
• frightened
• frit
• horrified
• mortified
• panicked
• scared
• terrified
• timorous
• worried

Antonyms

• brave    [⇒ thesaurus]
• calm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unafraid    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• petrified
• scared shitless
• scared stiff
• scared to death
• spooked

Hypernyms

• emotional
• emotionful

See also

• Thesaurus:fear
• Thesaurus:coward
• Thesaurus:nervous

Further reading

• “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “afraid” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.