Thesaurus
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fear
T
hesaurus
fear
English
Noun
Sense: unpleasant emotion linked to percieved danger
Synonyms
fear
afraidness
Antonyms
courage
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Hyponyms
affright
alarm
anxiety
apprehension
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awe
caution
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consternation
creeps
dismay
dread
foreboding
fright
heebie-jeebies
horror
nervousness
panic
petrification
phobia
scare
scaredness
tentativeness
terror
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trepidation
uneasiness
wariness
willies
worry
Hypernyms
emotion
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Various
have one's heart in one's boots
intimidation
one's heart in one's mouth
one's heart in one's throat
sinking feeling
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.