Worry Synonyms

Burden , agonize, agitate, agitation, bane, and bugbear are synonyms for worry; calm and assurance are antonyms of worry. On this page, you will find 168 another word for worry.

168 Another Word for Worry

1. fret

  • Agonize
  • Alarming
  • Awkward
  • Be anxious
  • Be concerned
  • Be in a blue funk
  • Be on tenterhooks
  • Be worried
  • Bothersome
  • Brood
  • Concerning
  • Daunting
  • Difficult
  • Dismaying
  • Disquieting
  • Distressing
  • Dwell on
  • Fret
  • Get in a flap
  • Get in a fluster
  • Get in a lather
  • Get in a panic
  • Get in a state
  • Get in a sweat
  • Get in a tizz/tizzy
  • Get overwrought
  • Get steamed up
  • Get stressed
  • Get worked up
  • Grave
  • Hairy
  • Harassing
  • Harrowing
  • Harrying
  • Lose sleep
  • Nerve-racking
  • Niggling
  • Panic
  • Perturbing
  • Prickly
  • Problematic
  • Scary
  • Stew
  • Sticky
  • Sweat
  • Taxing
  • Thorny
  • Torment oneself
  • Torture oneself
  • Traumatic
  • Tricky
  • Troublesome
  • Trying
  • Unpleasant
  • Unsettling
  • Upsetting
  • Vexatious
  • Worrisome
  • Anxious-making

2. trouble

  • Agitate
  • Alarm
  • Be a great weight on
  • Bedevil
  • Besiege
  • Bother
  • Bug
  • Burden
  • Cause anxiety
  • Concern
  • Discombobulate
  • Discompose
  • Disquiet
  • Distress
  • Disturb
  • Do someone's head in
  • Faze
  • Flurry
  • Fluster
  • Fret
  • Frighten
  • Get to
  • Give someone a hard time
  • Gnaw at
  • Harass
  • Hassle
  • Irk
  • Lie heavy on
  • Make anxious
  • Oppress
  • Perturb
  • Plague
  • Prey on one's mind
  • Rattle
  • Scare
  • Strain
  • Stress
  • Tax
  • Throw
  • Torment
  • Trouble
  • Unsettle
  • Upset
  • Vex
  • Weigh down
  • Weigh heavily on one's mind
  • Mess with someone's head

3. anxiety

  • Agitation
  • Angst
  • Anxiety
  • Apprehension
  • Bother
  • Butterflies (in the stomach)
  • Care
  • Concern
  • Disconcertment
  • Disquiet
  • Disquietude
  • Distress
  • Disturbance
  • Dread
  • Edginess
  • Fear
  • Fearfulness
  • Foreboding
  • Fretfulness
  • Jitteriness
  • Misgiving
  • Nerves
  • Nervousness
  • Perturbation
  • Restlessness
  • Strain
  • Stress
  • Tenseness
  • Tension
  • The heebie-jeebies
  • The jumps
  • The shakes
  • The willies
  • Trepidation
  • Trouble
  • Unease
  • Uneasiness
  • Upset
  • Twitchiness

4. problem

  • Bane
  • Bugbear
  • Burden
  • Cause for concern
  • Cross to bear
  • Cross
  • Hassle
  • Headache
  • Irritant
  • Irritation
  • Nuisance
  • Pain in the neck
  • Pain
  • Pest
  • Plague
  • Problem
  • Thorn in one's flesh/side
  • Trial
  • Tribulation
  • Trouble
  • Vexation
  • Stress

Worry Sentences

Don't let worry consume your thoughts.

I tend to worry excessively about everything.

She expressed her worry for him.

Worry can affect your health.