Synonyms for terror
ˈtɛr ərter·ror

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1. terror

   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, panic, solicitude, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

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

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1. terror

   Synonyms:
   fear, dread, alarm, flight, consternation, horror, dismay

   Antonyms:
   confidence, fearlessness, boldness, reassurance

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1. panic, terror, affrightnoun

   an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

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

2. terror, scourge, threatnoun

   a person who inspires fear or dread

   "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

   Synonyms:
   threat, flagellum, little terror, menace, bane, panic, brat, affright, scourge, holy terror, nemesis, curse

3. terror, brat, little terror, holy terrornoun

   a very troublesome child

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

4. terrornoun

   the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)

   "he used terror to make them confess"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Coercion
   • Fear
   • Imp

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1. terrornoun

   Synonyms:
   consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread

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1. terrornoun

   Synonyms:
   alarm, consternation, dismay, panic, fright, affright

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1. List of paraphrases for "terror":

   terrorism, terrorist, horror, fear, panic, dread

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How to use terror in a sentence?

1. Naftali Bennett:

   if four Gaza kids playing soccer were killed Wednesday, as Hamas claims, the terror group is at fault.

2. Emmanuel Nahshon:

   What happened (in Zurich) proves that the nuclear deal ... created an unbridled incentive to pour billions of dollars into Iran without it being required to changes its policy of terror and belligerence, greed begets attempts to grovel before the Iranian regime, with attendant loss of basic sense and self-respect.

3. David Cameron:

   The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

4. Brendan Cox:

   Jo's killing was political. It was an act of terror designed to advance an agenda of hatred towards others, what a beautiful irony it is that an act designed to advance hatred has instead generated such an outpouring of love.

5. Judge Sophie McKone:

   You continued to be aggressive and shouted at people for hours. It went on for hours and only after several hours of negotiation did you give yourself up, it led to fear and terror on the streets.