Synonyms for anxious
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Uneasy — nervous and worried
uneasy, worried, nervous, concerned, afraid, apprehensive, troubled, agitated, careful, cautious, queasy, watchful, worrisome, fraught dated
2. Eager — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen…
3. Unquiet — accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
Definitions
- adj. 1
Nervous and worried.
- adj. 2
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
She was anxious to hear how her test results were.
- adj. 3
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
Related words
- Word family
- anxiously anxiousness
Example sentences
- concerned As far as I am concerned, I don't think it's true.
- worried Tom isn't the least bit worried about the weather.
- nervous Waiting a long time for a friend makes me nervous.
- uneasy Tom felt uneasy talking to Mary about that matter.
- eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
- restless The longer we stayed, the more restless we became.
By length
- 5 letters
- dying2, eager2, itchy2
- 6 letters
- afraid2, uneasy3, queasy2
- 7 letters
- forward2, worried2, careful2, nervous2, jealous2, fraught1, zealous2, restive2, unquiet, aflight
- 8 letters
- troubled2, cautious2, restless2, agitated4, watchful2, angstful, alarmful
- 9 letters
- concerned2, disturbed2, tormented3, worrisome3
- 10 letters
- solicitous4
- 12 letters
- apprehensive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dying2 = 2 syllables).