Fear Synonyms

1. terror

• Abnormal fear
• Agitation
• Alarm
• Angst
• Antipathy
• Anxiety
• Apprehension
• Apprehensiveness
• Aversion
• Bête noire
• Blue funk
• Bogey
• Bugbear
• Butterflies (in the stomach)
• Complex
• Consternation
• Discomposure
• Dismay
• Disquiet
• Disquietude
• Distress
• Doubt
• Dread
• Fearfulness
• Foreboding
• Fright
• Funk
• Horror
• Inquietude
• Irrational fear
• Jitteriness
• Mania
• Misgiving
• Nerves
• Nervousness
• Neurosis
• Nightmare
• Obsessive fear
• Panic
• Perturbation
• Phobia
• Suspicion
• Terror
• The (screaming) abdabs
• The Joe Blakes
• The collywobbles
• The creeps
• The heebie-jeebies
• The shakes
• The willies
• Timidity
• Trepidation
• Twitchiness
• Unease
• Uneasiness
• Unrest
• Worriment
• Worry
• Hang-up

2. likelihood

• Chance
• Conceivability
• Expectation
• Feasibility
• Likelihood
• Likeliness
• Odds
• Plausibility
• Possibility
• Probability
• Prospect
• Risk
• Danger

3. awe

• Amazement
• Awe
• Respect
• Reverence
• Veneration
• Wonder
• Wonderment
• Dread

4. 

• Be afraid of
• Be anxious about
• Be apprehensive of
• Be fearful of
• Be in a blue funk about
• Be scared of
• Be terrified by
• Be terrified of
• Cower before
• Cringe from
• Dread
• Feel apprehensive about
• Feel consternation about
• Flinch from
• Go in terror of
• Have a dread of
• Have a horror of
• Have a phobia about
• Have forebodings about
• Live in fear of
• Panic about
• Shrink from
• Shudder at
• Tremble before
• Worry about
• Take fright at

6. worry about

• Feel anxious/concerned about
• Feel disquiet for
• Have anxieties about
• Have qualms about
• Worry about
• Be solicitous for

7. be too afraid

• Be too afraid
• Be too apprehensive
• Be too scared
• Dare not
• Hesitate
• Have cold feet about

8. regard with awe

• Dread
• Regard with awe
• Respect
• Revere
• Reverence
• Stand in awe of
• Venerate
• Be intimidated by