Antonyms for worry
ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr iwor·ry

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1. worry

   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, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, trouble

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. worry

   Antonyms:
   soothe, calm, gratify, please, amuse, quiet

   Synonyms:
   harass, irritate, tantalize, importune, vex, molest, annoy, tease, torment, disquiet, plague, fret

Matched Categories

1. • Incise
   • Mind
   • Perturb
   • Rub

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. concern, worry, headache, vexationnoun

   something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

   "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

   Antonyms:
   reassure, assure

   Synonyms:
   headache, business concern, annoying, cephalalgia, business organisation, botheration, trouble, business organization, chafe, head ache, care, irritation, business, vexation, annoyance, concern, fear

2. worry, troubleverb

   a strong feeling of anxiety

   "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"

   Antonyms:
   assure, reassure

   Synonyms:
   fuss, trouble, hassle, concern, difficulty, problem, headache, vexation, bother

3. worryverb

   be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

   "I worry about my job"

   Antonyms:
   assure, reassure

   Synonyms:
   care, interest, vex, occupy, concern

4. worry, careverb

   be concerned with

   "I worry about my grades"

   Antonyms:
   assure, reassure

   Synonyms:
   deal, wish, like, care, concern, vex, give care, handle, manage, occupy, interest

5. worry, vexverb

   disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

   "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"

   Antonyms:
   reassure, assure

   Synonyms:
   shake up, baffle, stick, perplex, raise up, get, nark, mystify, flummox, commove, bother, agitate, care, rile, concern, gravel, nonplus, occupy, get to, dumbfound, nettle, chafe, get at, beat, irritate, amaze, annoy, puzzle, bewilder, rag, vex, stupefy, interest, stir up, disturb, pose, devil

6. concern, interest, occupy, worryverb

   be on the mind of

   "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

   Antonyms:
   reassure, assure

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, occupy, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, interest, take, pertain, bear on, vex, concern

7. worryverb

   lacerate by biting

   "the dog worried his bone"

   Antonyms:
   reassure, assure

   Synonyms:
   care, interest, vex, occupy, concern

8. worryverb

   touch or rub constantly

   "The old man worried his beads"

   Antonyms:
   reassure, assure

   Synonyms:
   care, interest, vex, occupy, concern

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1. worryadjective

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   anxiety, fretting, apprehension, concern, solicitude

2. worryverb

   Synonyms:
   harass, vex, annoy, torment, tease, fret, trouble, pester, badger, harry, importune, be anxious, be solicitous, fret

How to use worry in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Don't worry, I'll pay for everything.

2. Karl Pillemer:

   If Mom is more emotionally close to one child or another, she is also deeply concerned about what happens to all of her offspring, worry is love, or an expression of it.

3. Pridiyathorn Devakula:

   We have many options; we can issue an infrastructure bond in Thailand. It's not a worry, china may think we are an emerging (market) but actually, our financial market is very big.

4. Julie Swytert:

   I'm hearing all this good stuff about the men and these women that are so strong are kind of getting ignored and I feel like that is part of the press' fault, i worry about the old boys club. And I think that that's going to play a big part in who women and men vote for.

5. Christy Proctor:

   I spent much of my remaining pregnancy in worry, fear of the unknown and probably every of emotion you can think of, it was a very sad time for me.

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