Synonyms for scared
scared

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.6 / 25 votes

1. frightened, scaredadjective

   made afraid

   "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"

   Synonyms:
   panicked, panic-stricken, panicky, panic-struck, frightened, terrified

   Antonyms:
   fearless, unafraid(p)

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. petrified

   really frightened/your shivering to much, slang.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

2. afraid

   Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021  

3. horrified

   this word because this word means scared

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.3 / 4 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "scared":

   afraid, frightened, fear, scary, terrified, scare, worried, spooked, startled, fright, freaked, fearful, 'rescared, shitless, affraid, creepy

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1. Norman Chaffins:

   I spoke to Dalton and he was very scared, and he wanted to come home, he wanted me to come bring him home.

2. Billy Joel:

   As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay

3. Dorothy Kwan:

   I just wish I knew who to call. Even when a coyote does something aggressive like this, they still refuse to do something, i’m not suggesting we get rid of all coyotes, but this one is out and about in broad daylight and it’s not scared of humans.

4. Chastity Clark Baker:

   I thought I was crazy ! I was up all night because I kept hearing it, i was scared and thought it was the furnace. I kept walking through the house. I had everyone's jackets on the table in case we had to run out of here.

5. Diana Lopez:

   I couldn't stand seeing co-workers who were in the kitchen with( Covid-19) symptoms talking about not wanting to get vaccinated or saying the virus is not real. I'm scared because they were just sent home to quarantine and return to work within days. There are no other health measures, like asking employees to get vaccinated.