Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun panic

2 senses of panic

Sense 1
panic, terror, affright -- (an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety)
       => fear, fearfulness, fright -- (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))

Sense 2
panic, scare -- (sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building")
       => anxiety, anxiousness -- ((psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb panic

2 senses of panic

Sense 1
panic -- (be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away")
       => fear, dread -- (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!")

Sense 2
panic -- (cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners")
       => terrify, terrorize, terrorise -- (fill with terror; frighten greatly)