Synonyms for AFRAID
əˈfreɪdafraid

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1. afraidadjective

   Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

   Synonyms:
   apprehensive, anxious, afeared, fearful, alarmed, timid, timorous, sorry

2. afraidadjective

   regretful, sorry

   I am afraid I can not help you in this matter.

   Synonyms:
   sorry, timid, afeared, fearful, apprehensive, timorous, anxious, alarmed

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. afraid

   Synonyms:
   cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous

   Antonyms:
   adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. afraid

   Synonyms:
   fearful, apprehensive, timid, timorous, cowardly, fainthearted, cautious, careful, frightened, alarmed, terrified, suspicious, distrustful, anxious

   Antonyms:
   fearless, inapprehensive, unsolicitous, easy, indifferent, secure, confident, bold, hopeful, eager, reckless, audacious, venturesome

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. afraid(p)adjective

   filled with fear or apprehension

   "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"

   Antonyms:
   unconcerned, inclined(p)

2. afraidadjective

   filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

   "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"

   Synonyms:
   afraid(p)

   Antonyms:
   unconcerned, inclined(p)

3. afraidadjective

   feeling worry or concern or insecurity

   "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"

   Synonyms:
   afraid(p)

   Antonyms:
   unconcerned, inclined(p)

4. afraidadjective

   having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

   "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"

   Synonyms:
   afraid(p)

   Antonyms:
   unconcerned, inclined(p)

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scared

   Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021  

2. fiert

   scottish word

   Submitted by anonymous on May 5, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. afraidadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearful, haunted with fear

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1. afraidadjective

   Synonyms:
   alarmed, fearful, timid, timorous, apprehensive, scared, diffident

   Antonyms:
   fearless, unafraid, intrepid, bold, undaunted, temerarious

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1. List of paraphrases for "afraid":

   scared, frightened, fear, bang, scary, worried, scare, fearful, fright, terrified, affraid, frighten, 'rescared

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How to use AFRAID in a sentence?

1. Perry Brass:

   Take up something that you know will never bring you any returns except pleasure—in other words, allow yourself to live the way brilliant eighteenth century courtesans lived. Don’t be afraid of having a decorative life, even if all the decorations come from you.

2. Nury Turkel:

   Everyone seems to be in the pocket of the CCP, whether it be policymakers, whether it be business leaders, the athletes, the Hollywood stars, for lack of a better word, intellectual snobs. They all seem to be either afraid of the Chinese regime or doing the bidding for the Chinese.

3. Richard Spencer:

   Most white people are afraid of our ideas, we're not going to really help candidates by giving them our seal of approval.

4. Jim Sensenbrenner:

   If Speaker Pelosi actually believes that House Intelligence ought to be conducting an impeachment inquiry, then House Intelligence needs to vote to authorize one. If House Intelligence supports House Intelligence, the President will be afforded his due process rights. If House Intelligence fails -- which I suspect the Speaker is afraid of happening -- we can move on from this mess and get back to doing what we were elected to do.

5. Thomas Birr:

   We're not that afraid of other energy companies, in the future, we'll be competing in a whole different arena, in which technology firms will play a greater role. That's the playground we have to prepare for.