59 synonyms for afraid such as hesitant about, afeared, chary of, and disinclined. Afraid is an adjective, and its antonyms are brave and confident.
Afeared, affrighted, alarmed (at), apprehensive (about), beside oneself, chicken, cowardly, cowed, cowering, daunted, faint-hearted, fearful, feart, frantic, frightened, frit, horror-stricken, horror-struck, hysterical, in a (blue) funk, in a cold sweat, in a flap, in a fluster, in a state, in a tizzy/tizz, intimidated (by), jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, panicky, petrified, pusillanimous, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, scared witless, shaking in one's shoes, shaking like a leaf, spooked, tense, terrified, terror-stricken, terror-struck, timid, timorous, uneasy, worried, and yellow.
Averse to, chary of, disinclined, hesitant about, loath, reluctant, shy of, slow, and unwilling.