English adjective: apprehensive | |||
1. | apprehensive quick to understand | ||
Samples | A kind and apprehensive friend. | ||
Synonyms | discerning | ||
Similar | perceptive | ||
Antonyms | unperceiving, unperceptive | ||
2. | apprehensive mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | ||
Samples | Apprehensive about her job. Not used to a city and worried about small things. Felt apprehensive about the consequences. | ||
Synonyms | worried | ||
Similar | uneasy | ||
Antonyms | easy | ||
3. | apprehensive in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | ||
Samples | Apprehensive for one's life. Apprehensive of danger. | ||
Similar | afraid | ||
Antonyms | fearless, unafraid | ||