Synonyms of frenetically

frenetically

adverb

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner

we spent all morning frenetically searching the house for the lost keys

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frantically
• wildly
• uncontrollably
• wild
• desperately
• frenziedly
• hectically
• madly
• amok
• crazily
• harum-scarum
• recklessly
• agitatedly
• berserk
• confusedly
• feverishly
• helter-skelter
• berserkly
• heedlessly
• pell-mell
• riotously
• haphazardly
• aimlessly
• tumultuously
• turbulently
• skittishly
• wantonly
• chaotically
• haywire
• haphazard
• topsy-turvy
• hit or miss
• hotheadedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmly
• coolly
• serenely
• peacefully
• placidly
• imperturbably
• unconcernedly
• passively
• composedly
• mildly
• systematically
• meekly
• collectedly
• orderly
• methodically
• tamely
• self-composedly
• self-possessedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frenetically

And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do. —Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026

Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze. —IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025

Singer Brendan Yates’ intensity — at one point leaping with abandon, at another frenetically thrusting — is what makes Turnstile cook. —Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025

But then, given how frenetically thrashing the entire tariff and trade policy and strategy have been in practice, expecting a predictable rollout and impact was probably unrealistic on everyone’s part. —Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025