Anxious Synonyms
Eager , a bundle of nerves, aching, and desirous are synonyms for anxious; carefree and unconcerned are antonyms of anxious. On this page, you will find 73 another word for anxious.
73 Another Word for Anxious
1. worried
- A bundle of nerves
- Afraid
- Agitated
- All of a dither
- All of a lather
- Antsy
- Apprehensive
- Bothered
- Concerned
- Disquieted
- Distressed
- Disturbed
- Edgy
- Fearful
- Flurried
- Fretful
- Fretting
- Having kittens
- Het up
- Ill at ease
- In a (flat) spin
- In a flap
- In a state of agitation
- In a state of nerves
- In a state
- In a stew
- In a sweat
- In a tizz/tizzy
- In a twit
- In a twitter
- In suspense
- Jittery
- Jumpy
- Keyed up
- Like a cat on a hot tin roof
- Like a cat on hot bricks
- Nervous
- On edge
- On pins and needles
- On tenterhooks
- Overstrung
- Overwrought
- Perturbed
- Spooked
- Spooky
- Squirrelly
- Stressed
- Stressy
- Strung out
- Strung up
- Tense
- Toey
- Troubled
- Twitchy
- Under stress
- Uneasy
- Uptight
- Windy
- With one's stomach in knots
- Worked up
- Worried sick
- Worried
- Unquiet
2. eager
- Aching
- Desirous
- Eager
- Impatient
- Itching
- Keen
- Longing
- Yearning
- Dying
Anxious Sentences
She felt anxious before speaking.
He was anxious about results.
Anxious thoughts kept him awake.
They seemed anxious to leave.
