Terror

/ˈtɛɹ.ɚ/

Synonyms for "terror" (147 found)

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Noun(4 words)
dreadfearholy terrorhorrors

Related words (73)

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5 relation types

More general

16 entries

More specific

8 entries

Collocations

5 entries
state terrorterror attackterror campaignterror cellterror threat

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Translations

129 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • lebeti noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (extreme fear)
  • tmerr noun (extreme fear)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • δεινόν noun (something causing fear)
  • δεῖμα noun (extreme fear)
  • πτοία noun (extreme fear)
  • πτῆξις noun (extreme fear)

Arabic

4 entries
  • خَوْف noun (extreme fear)
  • ذُعْر noun (extreme fear)
  • رُعْب noun (extreme fear)
  • هَوْل noun (extreme fear)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ահ noun (extreme fear)
  • սարսափ noun (extreme fear)
  • սարսափ noun (something causing fear)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dəhşət noun (extreme fear)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • жах noun (extreme fear)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • у́жас noun (extreme fear)

Catalan

2 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (something causing fear)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 恐怖 noun (extreme fear)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 恐怖 noun (extreme fear)
  • 恐怖 noun (something causing fear)
  • 詭異的事物 /诡异的事物 noun (something causing fear)

Czech

1 entries
  • hrůza noun (extreme fear)

Danish

1 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Dutch

1 entries
  • verschrikking noun (something causing fear)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • n:r-w-mwt-A24 noun (extreme fear)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • teruraĵo noun (something causing fear)
  • teruro noun (extreme fear)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kauhu noun (extreme fear)
  • kauhu noun (instance of being intensely terrified)
  • kauhu noun (something causing fear)

French

3 entries
  • effroi noun (extreme fear)
  • terreur noun (extreme fear)
  • terreur noun (something causing fear)

Galician

3 entries
  • espanto noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (something causing fear)

German

4 entries
  • Grauen noun (extreme fear)
  • Schrecken noun (extreme fear)
  • Terror noun (something causing fear)
  • schreckliche Furcht noun (extreme fear)

Greek

3 entries
  • τρόμος noun (extreme fear)
  • τρόμος noun (something causing fear)
  • φόβητρο noun (something causing fear)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אֵימָה noun (extreme fear)

Hindi

3 entries
  • दहशत noun (extreme fear)
  • वहशत noun (extreme fear)
  • सहम noun (extreme fear)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • borzalom noun (extreme fear)
  • rettegés noun (extreme fear)
  • rém noun (something causing fear)
  • rémület noun (extreme fear)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • hræðsla noun (extreme fear)
  • skelfing noun (extreme fear)
  • ógn noun (extreme fear)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kengerian noun (extreme fear)

Irish

2 entries
  • scéin noun (extreme fear)
  • uafás noun (extreme fear)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 恐怖 noun (extreme fear)
  • 恐怖 noun (something causing fear)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қорқыныш noun (extreme fear)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភេរវារម្មណ៍ noun (extreme fear)

Korean

2 entries
  • 공포 noun (extreme fear)
  • 공포 noun (something causing fear)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • коркунуч noun (extreme fear)

Ladino

3 entries
  • espanto noun (extreme fear)
  • estremisyon noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Latin

1 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ужас noun (extreme fear)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • tahotra noun (extreme fear)

Malay

3 entries
  • dahsyat noun (extreme fear)
  • kengerian noun (extreme fear)
  • seram noun (extreme fear)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • നടുക്കം noun (extreme fear)
  • ഭീകരം noun (something causing fear)
  • ഭീകരത noun (extreme fear)

Marathi

1 entries
  • दहशत noun (extreme fear)

Middle English

2 entries
  • ferdnesse noun (something causing fear)
  • terrour noun (extreme fear)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ił hóóyééʼ noun (extreme fear)

Nepali

2 entries
  • त्रास noun (extreme fear)
  • भय noun (extreme fear)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dehşet noun (extreme fear)
  • sehm noun (extreme fear)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Occitan

1 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Old English

1 entries
  • gryre noun (extreme fear)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • دهشت noun (extreme fear)
  • قورقو noun (extreme fear)
  • وحشت noun (extreme fear)

Pashto

2 entries
  • دهشت noun (extreme fear)
  • وحشت noun (extreme fear)

Persian

2 entries
  • دَهْشَت noun (extreme fear)
  • وَحْشَت noun (extreme fear)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schrakj noun (extreme fear)

Polish

1 entries
  • groza noun (extreme fear)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (something causing fear)

Romanian

2 entries
  • spaimă noun (extreme fear)
  • teroare noun (extreme fear)

Russian

2 entries
  • у́жас noun (extreme fear)
  • у́жас noun (something causing fear)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • त्रास noun (extreme fear)
  • भय noun (extreme fear)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • maoim noun (extreme fear)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ȕžās noun (extreme fear)
  • у̏жа̄с noun (extreme fear)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hrôza noun (extreme fear)

Slovene

1 entries
  • groza noun (extreme fear)

Spanish

2 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)
  • terror noun (something causing fear)

Swedish

1 entries
  • terror noun (extreme fear)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ваҳшат noun (extreme fear)
  • даҳшат noun (extreme fear)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • empelñe noun (extreme fear)
  • īwate noun (extreme fear)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dehşet noun (extreme fear)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • жах noun (extreme fear)

Urdu

3 entries
  • دَہْشَت noun (extreme fear)
  • سَہْم noun (extreme fear)
  • وَحْشَت noun (extreme fear)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • dahshat noun (extreme fear)
  • qoʻrquv noun (extreme fear)
  • vahshat noun (extreme fear)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự khiếp noun (extreme fear)

Sample sentences

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One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.

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Helen shrieked with terror.

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When we saw the animal so near us, we ran away in terror.

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The frightened boy's heart palpitated with terror.

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