Apprehensive

/ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/

Synonyms for "apprehensive" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(7 words)

worried afeard anxiousanxious affectastute careful cautious

afraid agitated aliveall nervesall-knowing all-overish anxiousanxioused upapperceptive appercipient apprehending awake aware bothered cognizant comprehending

Strong matches (34)

concerned conscious conversant disquieted disturbed edge edgy excitable expectant fearful foreboding frightened guardedhigh strunghigh-strungin a puckerin a stewin suspenseinsecure insightful

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intelligent irritablekeyed upkeyed-up knowing knowledgeable

Adjective(4 words)

discerning fretfulgeneralized anxietyinsightful

Noun(4 words)

dread dreading fearingfeeling anxious

Related words (57)

mindful misgivingnerves on edgenervous nervy omniscienton edgeon tenterhookson tiptoeoveranxious overapprehensive overstrung panicky perceptive percipient perspicacious perturbed prehensile qualmish qualmy

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queasy quivering restless sagacious self-conscious sensible sentient shrewd shy sinking solicitous strained suspenseful suspicious taut tense tentative timid troubled understanding uneasy upset ware wisewith bated breathwith muscles tensewitting zealous

Adjective(8 words)

nervous perceptive prudent queasier timorous uneasier uneasywarily oriented

Noun(1 words)

quailing

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

affective statebehavioral dispositioncognitive attributeemotional stateperceptionpersonal trait

More specific

10 entries

acute anxiouscalculated restraintconservative fearful keen nervousrisk averseshrewd worried

Collocations

6 entries

apprehension about examsapprehensive about outcomesapprehensive attitudeapprehensive mooddegree of apprehensionstate of apprehension

Inflections

2 entries

more apprehensivemost apprehensive

Derivations

2 entries

apprehensively apprehensiveness

similar

3 entries

afraid perceptive uneasy

Sample sentences

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I am apprehensive of the outcome.

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The climbers were apprehensive of their danger.

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They are apprehensive that some further disaster might occur.

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They were apprehensive that the situation would worsen.

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