/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of scared Find synonyms for: Verb1. frighten, fright, scare, affright, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirusage: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"2. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare, intimidate, restrainusage: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"Adjective1. frightened, scared, afraid(predicate) (vs. unafraid)usage: made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: reticent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language