Thesaurus:worrier
THESAURUS | worrier |
English
Sense: a person who worries a great deal
Detail: Especially one who worries unnecessarily or about unimportant matters.
Synonyms
- bag of nerves
- bundle of nerves
- jitterbug
- nervous Nellie
- nervous wreck
- neurotic
- tightass (slang, mildly vulgar)
- wiener (US)
- worrier
- worryguts
- worrywart
Hyponyms
- hypochondriac
Hypernyms
- coward [WS]
See also
- Thesaurus:agonize (verb)
- Thesaurus:nervous (adjective)
Further reading
- “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “worrier” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.