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, 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

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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1. Katy Gough:

   I have a lot of anxiety around being in a certain place at a certain time as I'm a bit of a control freak and prefer to do things at my own pace and because of this, taking public transport makes me incredibly anxious, you have no control over what time you travel, how busy it's going to be and you don't have the ability to say 'no' and turn around and go back home once you get on. I had previously had a massive panic attack on a train journey to London and now, a large part of me associates trains and public transport with anxiety and panic attacks.

2. Guard Klay Thompson:

   We just never panic, we've been in too many big situations to panic. It was a total team effort. It's hard to put into words what Steph did. Not only did he break his own (single-season) record, but he tied an NBA record. It's the most amazing thing I've probably ever seen. He has the greatest range I've ever seen. That was a ballsy shot.

3. Sophocles:

   It made our hair stand up in panic fear.

4. Katy Gough:

   You have no control over what time you travel, how busy it's going to be and you don't have the ability to say 'no' and turn around and go back home once you get on. I had previously had a massive panic attack on a train journey to London and now, a large part of me associates trains and public transport with anxiety and panic attacks.

5. Staff Mick Mulvaney on Friday:

   This is something we know how to deal with, that's why we sit there and watch the markets, and there's this huge panic and say 'Why isn't there this panic every single year over flu?'.