Noun

• S: (n) fear, fearfulness, fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
• S: (n) concern, care, fear (an anxious feeling) "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
• S: (n) fear, reverence, awe, veneration (a feeling of profound respect for someone or something) "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) emotion (any strong feeling)
• S: (n) feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states) "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
• S: (n) state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes) "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
• S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) fear (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event) "I fear she might get aggressive"
• S: (v) fear, dread (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of) "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
• S: (v) fear (be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement) "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
• S: (v) fear (be uneasy or apprehensive about) "I fear the results of the final exams"
• S: (v) reverence, fear, revere, venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of) "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"