1
[ adjective ] mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried

Synonyms

anxious

Examples

"anxious parents" "anxious about her job" "not used to a city and anxious about small things" "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

Related terms

uneasy

2
[ adjective ] quick to understand

Synonyms

discerning

Examples

"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Related terms

perceptive

3
[ adjective ] in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

Examples

"apprehensive for one's life" "apprehensive of danger"

Related terms

afraid

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Rhymes with

comprehensive comprehensive defensive offensive inoffensive defensive pensive intensive offensive counteroffensive hypertensive inoffensive inexpensive extensive intensive expensive incisive invasive discursive dispersive incisive unresponsive responsive excessive evasive adhesive invasive dispersive discursive repressive depressive possessive recessive unresponsive responsive evasive dismissive expansive adhesive oppressive obsessive aggressive successive regressive progressive dismissive cohesive recessive possessive unimpressive impressive obsessive oppressive excessive reflexive aggressive sieve repressive progressive depressive successive regressive repulsive impassive impressive persuasive illusive expressive unimpressive erosive elusive reflexive divisive decisive missive repulsive effusive reclusive indecisive impulsive impassive illusive elusive erosive abrasive coercive subversive divisive decisive pervasive abrasive subversive intrusive reclusive indecisive inclusive impulsive derisive corrosive massive conducive conducive inclusive intrusive passive submissive derisive permissive allusive submissive compulsive convulsive exclusive explosive collusive abusive allusive collusive abusive obtrusive conclusive inconclusive unobtrusive

Phonetic and Homophones

AE2 P R IY0 HH EH1 N S IH0 V
AE2 P R IH0 HH EH1 N S IH0 V

Similar Spelling

apprehensively apprehensible apprehension apprehender apprehended apprehend apprentice apprenticed apprenticeship apprehanded

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