Synonyms for Panic
ˈpæn ɪkpan·ic

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1. panic

   Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, apprehension, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, solicitude, terror, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

   Preposition:
   Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. panic, terror, affrightnoun

   an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

   Synonyms:
   threat, scare, panic, brat, affright, scourge, holy terror, terror, little terror

2. panic, scareverb

   sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

   "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

   Synonyms:
   terror, panic attack, affright, scare, panic

3. panicverb

   be overcome by a sudden fear

   "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

4. panicverb

   cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

   "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

Matched Categories

1. • Fear
   • Terrify

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panicnoun

   Synonyms:
   fright, affright, alarm, terror, consternation, sudden fear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panicnoun

   Synonyms:
   consternation, terror, alarm

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "panic":

   panics, scare, alarm, scaremongering, panicked, fear, freak, terror, horror

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How to use Panic in a sentence?

1. Marc Lustenberger:

   There's lots of panic buying, looks like it's not going to stop anytime soon.

2. Matthew Haines:

   I've never woken up having panic attacks before this year, all of this is because we can't control and run our business.

3. Alex Kwok:

   The panic is gone, so we see the market rebound today.

4. Taz Greyling:

   Now, they are going to have to get by on their own, they are going to create panic and insecurity among the population.

5. Rod Wheeler:

   Cydney Ireland said. The sprawling, 58,000-student main campus in downtown Columbus is one of the nation's largest. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, a former Washington DC homicide detective and an Ohio State University alum, said the school's police department is highly trained. People don’t need to panic.