Words Like FEAR

We have put together a list of words that are similar to FEAR.

27 Alternative Words Similar to fear

1 Fearfulness Noun      Synonym Words Like Fearfulness
2 Fright Noun      Synonym Words Like Fright
3 Concern Noun      Synonym Words Like Concern
4 Care Noun      Synonym Words Like Care
5 Reverence Noun      Synonym Words Like Reverence
6 Emotion Noun      Synonym Words Like Emotion
7 Dread Verb      Synonym Words Like Dread
8 Revere Verb      Synonym Words Like Revere
9 Venerate Verb      Synonym Words Like Venerate
10 Esteem Verb      Synonym Words Like Esteem
11 Prise Verb      Synonym Words Like Prise
12 Prize Verb      Synonym Words Like Prize
13 Respect Verb      Synonym Words Like Respect
14 Value Verb      Synonym Words Like Value
15 Worry Verb      Synonym Words Like Worry
16 Apprehension Noun      Synonym Words Like Apprehension
17 Solicitude Noun      Synonym Words Like Solicitude
18 Danger Noun      Synonym Words Like Danger
19 Feared Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Feared
20 Fearing Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Fearing
21 Suspect Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Suspect
22 Doubt Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Doubt
23 Thrill Noun      Hyponym Words Like Thrill
25 Creeps Noun      Hyponym Words Like Creeps
26 Saint Verb      Hyponym Words Like Saint
27 Worship Verb      Hyponym Words Like Worship

6 examples of fear

1 We should not fear the Communists!
2 they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
3 the French treat food with gentle reverence
4 the Chinese reverence for the dead
5 his respect for the law bordered on veneration
6 We venerate genius

10 definitions of fear

1 A variant of fere, a mate, a companion.
2 A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
3 Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being.
4 Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
5 That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
6 To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
7 To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
8 To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for.
9 To suspect; to doubt.
10 To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
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