Antonyms for anxiety
æŋˈzaɪ ɪ tianx·i·ety

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. anxietynoun

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, disquietude, perplexity, distress, care, restlessness, uneasiness, solicitude, disquiet, trouble, foreboding

2. anxietynoun

   An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

   Synonyms:
   trouble, disquietude, solicitude, uneasiness, apprehension, restlessness, disquiet, perplexity, distress, foreboding, care

3. anxietynoun

   An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).

   I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.

   Synonyms:
   foreboding, solicitude, care, perplexity, trouble, uneasiness, restlessness, apprehension, distress, disquietude, disquiet

4. anxietynoun

   A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

   Synonyms:
   distress, perplexity, uneasiness, care, solicitude, apprehension, trouble, restlessness, disquiet, foreboding, disquietude

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anxiety

   Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.

   Antonyms:
   apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillity

   Synonyms:
   anguish, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, trouble, worry

   Preposition:
   Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. anxiety

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, ease, confidence, contentment, acquiescence, contentedness, apathy, light-heartedness, nonchalance

   Synonyms:
   care, trouble, eagerness, disquiet, apprehension, carefulness, diffidence, solicitude, misgiving

Matched Categories

1. • Emotion
   • Psychiatry
   • Psychological State

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. anxiety, anxiousnessnoun

   (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

   Synonyms:
   anxiousness, disquiet

2. anxietynoun

   a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

   Synonyms:
   anxiousness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. anxietynoun

   Antonyms:
   assurance, indifference, calmness, satisfaction, unconcern

   Synonyms:
   solicitude, apprehension, disquietude, foreboding

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anxiety

   Synonyms:
   Angst, psychasthenia, worry

How to use anxiety in a sentence?

1. Demosthenes:

   Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

2. Rohina Hussain:

   There was discrimination from the moment I was here... the neighbors didn't care if you're dead or alive, no hello, no care for the baked goods you gave them, i had dark, deep depression and severe anxiety.

3. Claudia Gold:

   If adults show an excessive level of anxiety and vulnerability, that will certainly create higher anxiety in children.

4. Nora Volkow:

   This particular study is a step forward in that we can now state with a higher degree of confidence that cannabis use is associated with an increased prevalence and incidence of substance use disorders but less likely to be linked with any mood disorder or anxiety disorder.

5. Lynn Bufka:

   What was familiar no longer seems as familiar, for close to a year now, we've had messages of not being with others, to be distant... then the idea that,' Oh, there's ways that we can be with others and it's OK' — that's new information to reconcile. So, it's understandable that it feels different, at least, if not anxiety-provoking or stressful.

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