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dread fearful terror Panic doubt scare fright awe funk afraid horror lest phobia fearless apprehend fearsome homophobia acrophobia alarm tremble cringe formidable chill shudder apprehension cower timorous arachnophobia dreadful redoubtable affright shy shiver awful blanch secure brave blench hydrophobia frighten quail scary quake frantic bugbear triskaidekaphobia claustrophobia frightened eerie agoraphobia bugaboo terrible intrepid xenophobia yikes trepidation aerophobia hysteria
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terrify photophobia flinch terrifying shrink anxious terrific freeze misgive cyberphobia scared grisly ghastly security fearfully frightening emotion boggle cold sweat crouch recoil bloodcurdling nyctophobia dismay flay courage coward panic-stricken funky shivery intimidate deter creep hobgoblin algophobia shake fearlessly necrophobia -phobia cry ashamed gynophobia hypnophobia fearlessness tremulous terrorize fere tremor anxiety gynephobia grovel cowardice frightful allay daunting mysophobia bogey dire relieve neophobia nerve wheyface suspicious doubtless specter dauntless timid cowardly phobic gulp awesome heartstruck coulrophobia dare aquaphobia bold pyrophobia dreaded pokerish amaze radiophobia jumpy dither portentous deterrence creepy complex undaunted eek ailurophobia unafraid terrified securely attrition serious breathless transphobia hope collywobbles do horrible overawe white-faced exclamation redoubt emetophobia apprehensive bravery trust whine misoneism daunt bristle consternation pavid convulsion awe-struck curdle frozen pantophobia whimper pale alarming nosophobia soothing creepy-crawly qualm Islamophobia direful siderodromophobia demonophobia superstition panophobia cow petrify quakingly papaphobia worry monophobia fud mealy-mouthed hysteric aghast shied hesitate slink squall whistle in the dark reassure creeps walleyed chatter astrophobia shiest goose pimple attrite choleraphobia confidence eery alarmist misgiving shier uncanny terriculament shyness cloud thrill mumbo jumbo heebie-jeebies yipe chilly trichophobia chemophobia for dear life astonish holy fearing huddle overcompensate frantically smite horrific frightment gallant affray horrify ashen-faced dumb nervous swither Russophobia scopophobia phonophobia afear feared phob- crap mortal frisson bate unflinching chicken psychrophobia shriek nomophobia trembler thump startle prejudice germophobe nightmare amazement macabre afford melt conquer violence technophobia alarmingly crawl unawed unfearful or ashen rivet neurosis blue pallor for grim ptosiphobia timerity fawn unfearing Cape Fear syphilophobia flee xenophobic Germanophobia talk tough calm astound panphobia eerisome squeak my scotophobia flunk hair-raising scream realize race squeal exclaim jealousy reverend claustrophobic misdoubt glossophobia erythrophobia satanophobia radness motorphobia horripilation quieten assuasive jitters pathophobia autophoby fray scarecrow terror-stricken ochlophobia paraskevidekatriaphobia taphephobia daring forfered school refusal audacious gynaecophobia hardy uprise funking Indophobia make sb's blood curdle craven not bat an eye/eyelash brass startling run the creeps white-knuckle hairy shook catch one's breath panic-struck jittery lay sth to rest cold faze quiet technofear skirt demonomania fill threat unless wince misology comfort broad the heebie-jeebies paraskevidekatriaphobic suddenly paranoia weak-kneed feminophobia strike fear/terror/a chill into someone/someone’s heart give someone the shudders white-lipped scourge seriousness willies dreader heartquake coldness hair make one's hair stand on end horrendous squinch palsy eariness awless bone–chilling frighten someone out of their wits terrifyingly jelly planet–stricken disquietude impervious suspicion throb timidity pucker factor appal abhor look someone in the eye (or face) wholesome heart-stopping panicky Americanophobia potable appall dear frighten into sure emetophobe crap out animadvert spine-chilling stony heart falsify Fear, Cape howl agrise unstring love/hate/fear something above anything stricken nothing to worry about quiver astonishment grave grievous faint-heart frenetic acrophobe contrition go hot and cold white no gibber tokophobia grue heterophobia gorgon hit the panic button jump livid churn root seriously dastardliness creep someone out crying scare into frenzied spine-chiller blank seminarophobia wobble strike speak jealously have a horror of temenos free paraskevidekatriaphobe sow frighten out of untroubled coerce should death grip awestruck afraidness whey–face severe awe-inspiring Brexitophobia coulrophobe ailurophobic affrightment coulrophobic bogle give someone the creeps desperation fear the worst hysterical shake (or tremble) like a leaf terrorless scaremonger quell undismayed superstitious paranoid gnaw polyphobia retract buckle diffidence dangerous desperately dishearten hunted symbolophobia life-threatening opine aquaphobic leprophobia atavistic FOMO undoubted intimidating reesle stand freeze one's blood shirk take the bull by the horns someone’s stomach churns/lurches/tightens shy (away) from swallow cry out make someone's skin/flesh crawl dysmorphophobia totem froze nerves of steel convulse hysterics hylophobia agitated reverential cream-faced knot cyberterrorism screech make someone's skin/flesh creep yell great nail white–knuckle faint-hearted courageous thrilling speechless stiffen bone dart secureness frighten sb/sth away/off horror show to the marrow rigid Francophobe deplorable clutch Germanophobe shy away from sth frighten away/off not bat an eyelid panic attack preapprehension horror vacui goose bumps avoidant disorder bogeyman apocalypse cold feet stampede the collywobbles willie bond chickenshit kiasu momentary never -phobe -phobic work yelp wing terrorism freezing fool hen Fayetteville relief pit of your stomach owly-eyed one composed flop sweat Judaeophobia hang back goosebumps grip jolt pressure gliff tremendous social phobia shame culture tuberculophobia numb overshadow constriction pop-eyed quaver the specter of (something) tremulation inhibition insecure chicken out amazedness scare tactic bolt agitate pistanthrophobia fearmongering contempt fainthearted Gawd hard/tough as nails leap scare story appalling school phobia valley scrappy panic reaction pussyfoot ravish deterrent oh wide–eyed accursed

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Words For "fear"

As you've probably noticed, words for "fear" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "fear" are: dread, fearful, terror, Panic, and doubt. There are 629 other words that are related to or similar to fear listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "fear" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.

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