panic

panic is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.
2. adjective. Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
3. adjective. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.
4. adjective. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
5. noun. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

   Synonyms: affright, terror

6. noun. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

   "panic in the stock market"

   "a war scare"

   Synonyms: scare

7. verb. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

   "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

8. verb. be overcome by a sudden fear

   "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

Synonyms

affright, terror, scare

Common word forms

panics, panical, panicful

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