Synonyms for anxious
Adjective
- 1. anxious, apprehensive, uneasy (vs. easy)
- usage: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
- 2. anxious(predicate), dying(predicate), eager (vs. uneager)
- usage: eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
- 3. anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet, troubled (vs. untroubled)
- usage: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
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