<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.</li><li>Synonyms: qualm, trepidation, horror, panic, fright, terror, dread, dismay, consternation, apprehension, foreboding.</li><li>Antonyms: intrepidity, calm, security, courage.</li><li>A specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of heights.</li><li>Synonyms: bête noire, aversion, phobia, bugbear, bogey, bogy.</li><li>Antonyms: predilection, penchant, fondness, liking.</li><li>Concern or anxiety; solicitude: a fear for someone's safety.</li><li>Reverential awe, especially toward God: the fear of God.</li><li>Synonyms: veneration, reverence, respect, awe.</li><li>Something that causes feelings of dread or apprehension; something a person is afraid of: Cancer is a common fear.</li><li>Anticipation of the possibility that something unpleasant will occur: Having grown up during the Great Depression, he had a constant fear of running out of money.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To regard with fear; be afraid of.</li><li>Synonyms: dread, apprehend.</li><li>To have reverential awe of.</li><li>Synonyms: honor, venerate, revere.</li><li>To consider or anticipate (something unpleasant) with a feeling of dread or alarm: It's about to snow again, I fear.</li><li>Archaic: to experience fear in (oneself): I fear me he will ne'er forgive us.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To have fear; be afraid: I'll go with you, so do not fear!</li><li>To feel apprehensive or uneasy (usually followed by for): In this time of economic instability, I fear for my children's future.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>