apprehensive

1. 1.

   quick to understand

   “a kind and apprehensive friend”

   Synonymsdiscerning

   Similarperceptive
2. 2.

   mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

   “apprehensive about her job”

   “not used to a city and worried about small things”

   “felt apprehensive about the consequences”

   Synonymsworried

   Similaruneasy
3. 3.

   in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

   “apprehensive for one's life”

   “apprehensive of danger”

   Similarafraid

Questions about apprehensive

What does apprehensive mean?

apprehensive means "quick to understand". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apprehensive?

apprehensive has 4 syllables: ap-pre-hen-sive. The stress falls on "hen". In IPA it is /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/.

What is another word for apprehensive?

Close synonyms include discerning, worried. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apprehensive a common word?

apprehensive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with apprehensive?

1 word rhymes with apprehensive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.