Synonyms of apprehensive
- 1 Syllable
- shyer, shier, stiff, shy, shyest, weak
- 2 Syllables
- jealous, nervous, sophic, uptight, knowing, troubled, knowhow, humblest, timid, shaky, worried, mindful, humbler, jumpy, doubtful, afraid, upset, anxious, phobic, frozen, with-it
- 3 Syllables
- cowardly, tuned-in, jellyfish, unpoised, percipient, expectant, fluttery, alarmed, conversant, uneasy, mistrustful, butterflies, careful, panicky, fidgety, ascared, cowhearted, concerned, suspicious, timorous, cognizant, disquieted, uncertain, jittery, aware
- 4 Syllables
- scaredy-cat, solicitous, worrisome, possessory, overanxious, superstitious, foreboding, chicken-hearted, unconfident, lily-livered, unassured, insecure
- 5 Syllables
- supplicatory, observative, uneffusive