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

Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

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