a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling

an abnormal fear of heights.

concern or anxiety; solicitude

a fear for someone's safety.

reverential awe, esp. toward God.

that which causes a feeling of being afraid; that of which a person is afraid

Cancer is a common fear.

to regard with fear; be afraid of.

to have reverential awe of.

Archaic . to experience fear in (oneself).

to have fear; be afraid.

noun

bravery , courage , fearlessness , heroism , unconcern

verb

brave

noun

abhorrence , agitation , angst , anxiety , aversion , awe , bte noire , chickenheartedness , cold feet * , cold sweat , concern , consternation , cowardice , creeps , despair , discomposure , dismay , disquietude , distress , doubt , dread , faintheartedness , foreboding , fright , funk * , horror , jitters , misgiving , nightmare , panic , phobia , presentiment , qualm , recreancy , reverence , revulsion , scare , suspicion , terror , timidity , trembling , tremor , trepidation , unease , uneasiness , worry , affright , alarm , apprehension , fearfulness , funk , bogey , bugaboo , bugbear , chimera , cowardliness , frisson , hobgoblin , pusillanimity , solicitude , veneration

verb

anticipate , apprehend , avoid , be afraid , be anxious , be apprehensive , be disquieted , be frightened , be in awe , blanch , break out in a sweat , cower , crouch , dare not , dread , expect , falter , feel concern , flinch , foresee , fret , have butterflies , have qualms , lose courage , quail , quaver , shrink , shudder , shun , shy , start , suspect , tremble , wilt , worry , affright , agitation , alarm , anxiety , apprehension , awe , be afraid of , blench , concern , consternation , cringe , dismay , distrust , doubt , eschew , fright , horror , panic , phobia , recoil , reverence , standin awe of , suspicion , terror , trepidation , uneasiness , venerate , wince