Thesaurus:fear

Thesaurus:fear

THESAURUS

fear

English

Synonyms

• fear

Antonyms

• courage    [WS]

Hyponyms

• affright

• alarm

• anxiety

• apprehension    [WS]

• awe

• caution    [WS]

• consternation

• creeps

• dismay

• dread

• foreboding

• fright

• heebie-jeebies

• horror

• nervousness

• panic

• petrification

• phobia

• scare

• tentativeness

• terror    [WS]

• trepidation

• uneasiness

• wariness

• willies

• worry

Hypernyms

• emotion    [WS]

Various

• intimidation

• terrorism

See also

• Thesaurus:afraid
• Thesaurus:cowardly
• Thesaurus:shy

Further reading

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