Synonyms for terror
ˈtɛr ərter·ror

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1. terror

   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, panic, solicitude, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

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

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1. terror

   Synonyms:
   fear, dread, alarm, flight, consternation, horror, dismay

   Antonyms:
   confidence, fearlessness, boldness, reassurance

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1. panic, terror, affrightnoun

   an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

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

2. terror, scourge, threatnoun

   a person who inspires fear or dread

   "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

   Synonyms:
   threat, flagellum, little terror, menace, bane, panic, brat, affright, scourge, holy terror, nemesis, curse

3. terror, brat, little terror, holy terrornoun

   a very troublesome child

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

4. terrornoun

   the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)

   "he used terror to make them confess"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Coercion
   • Fear
   • Imp

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1. terrornoun

   Synonyms:
   consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread

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1. terrornoun

   Synonyms:
   alarm, consternation, dismay, panic, fright, affright

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1. List of paraphrases for "terror":

   terrorism, terrorist, horror, fear, panic, dread

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1. Sanwar Hossain:

   So far, his name is not on our wide-range list of radicalized persons or members of terror groups, both from Bangladesh and outside, we are trying to gather more details.

2. Aimen Dean:

   ISIS is the Bank of Terror.

3. The Covenant School:

   Our community is heartbroken, we are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church.

4. Marty Block:

   We have learned that the purveyors of hate tragically often follow their vile speech with criminal acts of terror, we've seen it around the world. I pray that's not going to be the case in this instance.

5. Thomas Mann:

   We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skeptics, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.