Synonyms for Panic
ˈpæn ɪkpan·ic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. panic

   Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, apprehension, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, solicitude, terror, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

   Preposition:
   Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. panic, terror, affrightnoun

   an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

   Synonyms:
   threat, scare, panic, brat, affright, scourge, holy terror, terror, little terror

2. panic, scareverb

   sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

   "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

   Synonyms:
   terror, panic attack, affright, scare, panic

3. panicverb

   be overcome by a sudden fear

   "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

4. panicverb

   cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

   "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

Matched Categories

1. • Fear
   • Terrify

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panicnoun

   Synonyms:
   fright, affright, alarm, terror, consternation, sudden fear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panicnoun

   Synonyms:
   consternation, terror, alarm

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "panic":

   panics, scare, alarm, scaremongering, panicked, fear, freak, terror, horror

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How to use Panic in a sentence?

1. Alison Maresh:

   So don’t panic just yet if you get an abnormal result, but make sure you follow up.

2. Kyosuke Suzuki:

   The market had been a bit optimistic about an agreement so it was a bit of a surprise, but from the past experience during the euro zone debt crisis, the market is also accustomed to negotiations dragging on until the very last minutes. So while the tail risk appears to be rising, there is no panic in the market.

3. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams:

   Unfortunately, you're going to see more deaths. But that doesn't mean that we should panic.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   No stock market today's carnage news is trending on twitter, it means agencies have not been paid money to create panic in public through # trends and this also means further downfall is on cards tomorrow

5. James Tao:

   There is a sense of fear and panic, it's one of those situations where there is so much uncertainty that no-one quite knows how to respond ... if it's fight or flight, many people are choosing flight at the moment.