Synonyms for apprehensive
ˌæp rɪˈhɛn sɪvap·pre·hen·sive

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1. apprehensive, discerningadjective

   quick to understand

   "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

   Synonyms:
   discreet, worried, discerning

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, easy, unperceiving, fearless, unafraid(p)

2. apprehensive, worriedadjective

   mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

   "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

   Synonyms:
   upset, distressed, worried, disquieted, disturbed, discerning

   Antonyms:
   easy, unafraid(p), unperceptive, fearless, unperceiving

3. apprehensiveadjective

   in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

   "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"

   Synonyms:
   worried, discerning

   Antonyms:
   fearless, unperceptive, unperceiving, unafraid(p), easy

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1. apprehensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   quick to understand

2. apprehensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearful, distrustful, suspicious, anxious, afraid

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1. apprehensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   discerning, apt, fearful, anxious, worried

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1. List of paraphrases for "apprehensive":

   worried

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1. Fords CEO Jim Farley:

   The economics of staying out of work are getting more attractive during the summer, it's people that are apprehensive. It's people who say,' I don't want to wear a mask this week.' It's a variety of things.

2. Marshall Faulk:

   My experience was good, i was one of the many people who did n’t have any side effects. It’s almost like I was relieved in a sense of all the things that were going on and how many lives were lost. I was anxious to get it. But what I do understand is there are some other people who are apprehensive about it, and I think what we need to do is stand in our space and allow the vaccinated to be vaccinated, and the non-vaccinated to not be vaccinated.

3. Julia Bryan:

   Everyone is very nervous and apprehensive about making sure their ballots get back. I think it raises the level of stress. Voting from abroad requires forms that you fill in, et cetera, and sometimes it can feel like a natural blockade.

4. James Corden:

   There is no tough sells anymore, it’s just timing, i think they used to be apprehensive. I think genuinely a lot of people used to turn up going ‘What am I doing? And what is this?’ And now I think it’s a thing where people call us, and it's become a part of record company strategy for launching an album, singer or artist. In many ways that has become a lot easier.

5. The Paulette:

   It was just one of those things that once I became apprehensive I didn't want to be involved, at the end of the day, I wish her well. I just couldn't be caught up in it.