panic
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Types & categories
- fearfulness hypernym
- swivet hyponym
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Sense 2 verb
be overcome by a sudden fear
The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- terror derivation
Sense 3 noun
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
panic in the stock market
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Sense 4 verb
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners
Types & categories
- terrify hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrorist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fright |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | panic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | panic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrorize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | panicky |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fearfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swivet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | terror |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dread |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | freak out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | panic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | daunt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chilling |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | anxiety |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | red scare |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | panic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | terror |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scare |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | terrify |