Hesitant about, afeared, chary of, and disinclined are all synonyms for afraid. Brave and confident are antonyms of afraid. And here are 59 another word for afraid.
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, and affrighted are all synonyms for afraid.
Chary of, disinclined, hesitant about, loath, reluctant, shy of, slow, unwilling, and averse to are all another word for afraid.
Afraid synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 4, and 14 letters and 8 synonyms with 5 letters. 3 synonyms with 6, 10, and 11 letters and 12 synonyms with 7 letters.
4 synonyms with 8 letters and 5 synonyms with 9, and 12 letters. 6 synonyms with 13 letters and 1 synonym with 16, 17, and 18 letters. For a total of 56 another word for afraid.
She was afraid of heights.
He’s afraid to speak publicly.
I’m afraid of the dark.
They seemed afraid of failure.