Thesaurus:worrier

Thesaurus

worrier

English

Noun

Sense: a person who worries a great deal

Detail: Especially one who worries unnecessarily or about unimportant matters.

Synonyms

• bag of nerves
• bundle of nerves
• jitterbug
• nervous Nellie
• nervous wreck
• neurotic
• obsessive
• tightass (slang, mildly vulgar)
• wiener (US)
• worrier
• worryguts
• worrywart

Hyponyms

• hypochondriac

Hypernyms

• coward    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:agonize (verb)
• Thesaurus:nervous (adjective)

Further reading

• “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “worrier” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.