Fear Synonyms

Fear synonyms such as "respect, abnormal fear, chance, amazement, be afraid of, feel anxious/concerned about, be too afraid, dread, and regard with awe". Fear is a noun, and its antonyms are calmness and confidence. Here are 126 another word for fear with example sentences.

Another word for Fear

1. terror

  • worry
  • worriment
  • unrest
  • uneasiness
  • unease
  • twitchiness
  • trepidation
  • timidity
  • the willies
  • the shakes
  • the Joe Blakes
  • the heebie-jeebies
  • the creeps
  • the collywobbles
  • the (screaming) abdabs
  • terror
  • suspicion
  • phobia
  • perturbation
  • panic
  • obsessive fear
  • nightmare
  • neurosis
  • nervousness
  • nerves
  • misgiving
  • mania
  • jitteriness
  • irrational fear
  • inquietude
  • horror
  • hang-up
  • funk
  • fright
  • foreboding
  • fearfulness
  • dread
  • doubt
  • distress
  • disquietude
  • disquiet
  • dismay
  • discomposure
  • consternation
  • complex
  • butterflies (in the stomach)
  • bugbear
  • bogey
  • blue funk
  • bête noire
  • aversion
  • apprehensiveness
  • apprehension
  • anxiety
  • antipathy
  • angst
  • alarm
  • agitation
  • abnormal fear

2. likelihood

3. awe

4. 

  • worry about
  • tremble before
  • take fright at
  • shudder at
  • shrink from
  • panic about
  • live in fear of
  • have forebodings about
  • have a phobia about
  • have a horror of
  • have a dread of
  • go in terror of
  • flinch from
  • feel consternation about
  • feel apprehensive about
  • dread
  • cringe from
  • cower before
  • be terrified of
  • be terrified by
  • be scared of
  • be in a blue funk about
  • be fearful of
  • be apprehensive of
  • be anxious about
  • be afraid of

6. worry about

  • worry about
  • have qualms about
  • have anxieties about
  • feel disquiet for
  • feel anxious/concerned about
  • be solicitous for

7. be too afraid

  • hesitate
  • have cold feet about
  • dare not
  • be too scared
  • be too apprehensive
  • be too afraid

8. regard with awe

  • venerate
  • stand in awe of
  • reverence
  • revere
  • respect
  • regard with awe
  • dread
  • be intimidated by

How to Use fear in a Sentence

Fear gripped him during the storm.

His fear was evident in hesitation.

She faced her fear head-on.

The dark caused her fear.

Xenophobia creates fear and division unnecessarily.