apprehensive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
quick to understand
a kind and apprehensive friend
Related & opposite
- savvy derivation
- perceptive similar to
Sense 2 adjective
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
apprehensive about her job
Related & opposite
- apprehension derivation
- quail at derivation
- uneasy similar to
Sense 3 adjective
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
apprehensive for one's life
Related & opposite
- apprehension derivation
- quail at derivation
- afraidp similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | savvy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | perceptive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehension |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quail at |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uneasy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehension |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quail at |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | afraidp |