Hesitant about, afeared, chary of, and disinclined are all synonyms for afraid. Brave and confident are these antonyms of afraid. And here are another 59 synonyms for afraid.
Afraid Synonyms
1. scared
- Afeared
- 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 stiff
- Scared to death
- Scared witless
- Scared
- Shaking in one's shoes
- Shaking like a leaf
- Spooked
- Tense
- Terrified
- Terror-stricken
- Terror-struck
- Timid
- Timorous
- Uneasy
- Worried
- Yellow
- Affrighted
2. unwilling
- Chary of
- Disinclined
- Hesitant about
- Loath
- Reluctant
- Shy of
- Slow
- Unwilling
- Averse to