Entry Word: frantic

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 feeling overwhelming fear or worry <the frantic parents were searching all over the fairgrounds for their lost child>

Synonyms agitated, delirious, distraught, frenzied, hysterical

Related Words alarmed, anxious, disquieted, disturbed, troubled, upset, worried, wrought (up); berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, mad, maniacal (also maniac); raging, ranting, raving

Near Antonyms calm, peaceful, serene, tranquil; cool, coolheaded, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled

Antonyms collected, composed, self-possessed

2 marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity <the holiday season seems to be moving along at a frantic pace> — see furious 1