Synonyms for panic
- noun
- adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
- adj. 1
Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- panics → terrors, fears, horrors, frights…
Choose the right word
Panic is a sudden fear or fright, affecting numbers at once; vast armies or crowded audiences are liable to panic upon slight occasion. In a like sense we speak of a financial panic.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- fear I wrote his name down for fear I should forget it.
- horror I thought Tom didn't enjoy watching horror movies.
- terror The frightened boy's heart palpitated with terror.
- fright A little stage fright is normal before a concert.
- scare Don't worry, we're just going to give him a scare.
By length
- 4 letters
- fear1, fere, feer
- 5 letters
- alarm2, scare1
- 6 letters
- horror2, terror2, fright1
- 7 letters
- panical
- 8 letters
- affright
- 11 letters
- trepidation4
- 13 letters
- consternation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alarm2 = 2 syllables).