Fear Synonyms

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

• risk
  
• prospect  
 
• probability  
 
• possibility
  
• plausibility  
 
• odds  
 
• likeliness  
 
• likelihood  
 
• feasibility  
 
• expectation
  
• danger  
 
• conceivability  
 
• chance
  

3. awe

• wonderment  
 
• wonder
  
• veneration  
 
• reverence  
 
• respect
  
• dread  
 
• awe
  
• amazement  
 

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