nnoun.feelingan overwhelming feeling of fear and anxietySynset:affright panic
Derivationally Related Form:terrorizeterrifyterrorisepanickypanicaffrightterrorist
Hypernyms:fear fearfulness fright
Inherited Hypernyms:panicfearemotionfeelingstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:swivet
nnoun.persona person who inspires fear or dreadSynset:scourge threat
Examples:- he was the terror of the neighborhood
Derivationally Related Form:terrorist
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:terrorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:terrorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona very troublesome childSynset:brat holy terror little terror
Derivationally Related Form:bratty
Hypernyms:imp monkey rapscallion rascal scalawag scallywag scamp
Inherited Hypernyms:terrorimpchildjuvenilepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:terrorimpchildjuvenilepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.actthe use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)Examples:- he used terror to make them confess
Hypernyms:coercion
Inherited Hypernyms:terrorcoercionenforcementsocial controlgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:terrorcoercionenforcementsocial controlgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:act of terrorismterrorismterrorist act
Full Hyponyms:bioterrorismchemical terrorismcyber-terrorismdomestic terrorismecoterrorisminternational terrorismnarcoterrorismnuclear terrorismstate-sponsored terrorismterrorismterrorist attacktheoterrorism