Antonyms of adj anxious

2 senses of anxious

Sense 1
anxious (predicate), dying (predicate) -- (eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won")

INDIRECT (VIA eager) -> uneager -- (lacking interest or spirit or animation; "decrepit, colorless uneager things")

Sense 2
anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet -- (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind")

INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled -- (not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress; "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face")

Similarity of adj anxious

2 senses of anxious

Sense 1
anxious (predicate), dying (predicate) -- (eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won")
       => eager (vs. uneager) -- (having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look")

Sense 2
anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet -- (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind")
       => troubled (vs. untroubled) -- (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers")

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