'apprehensive' definitions:
Definition of 'apprehensive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
adjective
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" [syn: apprehensive, worried]
adjective
In fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
Synonyms of 'apprehensive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraid,
- agitated,
- alive,
- all nerves,
- all-knowing,
- all-overish,
- anxious,
- anxioused up,
- apperceptive,
- appercipient,
- apprehending,
- awake,
- aware,
- bothered,
- cognizant,
- comprehending,
- concerned,
- conscious,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- edgy,
- excitable,
- fearful,
- foreboding,
- frightened,
- high-strung,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in suspense,
- insightful,
- intelligent,
- irritable,
- keyed-up,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- mindful,
- misgiving,
- nerves on edge,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- omniscient,
- on edge,
- on tenterhooks,
- on tiptoe,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- overstrung,
- panicky,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- perturbed,
- prehensile,
- qualmish,
- qualmy,
- quivering,
- sagacious,
- sensible,
- sentient,
- shrewd,
- solicitous,
- strained,
- suspenseful,
- taut,
- tense,
- troubled,
- understanding,
- uneasy,
- ware,
- wise,
- with bated breath,
- with muscles tense,
- witting,
- zealous