Synonyms of the word

panic

• adj. (now rare) Pertaining to the god Pan.
• adj. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
• n. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
• n. (finance, economics) Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation…
• v. (intransitive) To feel overwhelming fear.
• v. (computing, transitive) To cause the system panic; to crash the system.
• n. (botany) A plant of the genus Panicum.

affright

• n. (archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright in.
• adj. afraid; terrified; frightened.

anxiety

• n. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some…
• n. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
• n. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression…

anxiousness

• n. The state of being anxious.
• n. A feeling of anxiety.

dread

• v. (transitive) To fear greatly.
• v. To anticipate with fear.
• v. (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
• v. (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
• n. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
• n. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
• n. Somebody or something dreaded.
• n. (obsolete) A person highly revered.
• n. (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
• n. A Rastafarian.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock.
• adj. Terrible; greatly feared.
• adj. (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

fear

• n. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
• n. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
• n. (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
• v. (transitive) To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
• v. (intransitive) To feel fear (about something).
• v. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
• v. (transitive) Regret.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
• adj. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

fearfulness

• n. The quality of being fearful.

fright

• n. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short…
• n. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
• adj. (rare) frightened; afraid; affright.

scare

• n. A minor fright.
• n. A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
• v. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

terrify

• v. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
• v. To menace or intimidate.
• v. (obsolete) To make terrible.

terror

• n. (uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
• n. (countable) Specific instance of being intensely terrified.
• n. (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative…
• n. (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
• n. (uncountable) terrorism.

terrorise

• v. To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
• v. To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.

terrorize

• v. To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
• v. To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.