Eager, a bundle of nerves, aching, and desirous are all synonyms for anxious. Carefree and unconcerned are these antonyms of anxious. And here are another 73 synonyms for anxious.
Anxious Synonyms
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