worriers
People expecting disaster
People who worry habitually or excessively.
The term is neutral—worriers may have legitimate concerns or may fret over unlikely scenarios.
My parents were worriers who always imagined the worst.
Chronic worriers often struggle to sleep.
Persistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- frettingAnxious rumination or surface wear
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
unease · tension · dread · fear · overthinking · restlessness · insecurity · uncertainty
Chronic anxiety-prone people
- overthinkersPeople who dwell excessively
- frettingAnxious rumination or surface wear
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
apprehensive · tense · edgy · restless · uneasy · jittery · stressed · overwrought
Exercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- waryGuardedly alert
circumspect · hesitant · risk-averse · overcautious · guarded · meticulous · second-guessing · double-checking
Guarding too zealously
- hoveringSuspended without support
- smotheringDepriving of air
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- shieldingProtecting from harm
mother-hens · doting · fussing · coddling · sheltering · watchful · guardian · vigilant
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- frettingAnxious rumination or surface wear
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
nervousness · unease · tension · dread · fear · overthinking · restlessness · insecurity · uncertainty · alarm
worrywarts
Chronic anxiety-prone people
- overthinkersPeople who dwell excessively
- frettingAnxious rumination or surface wear
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
fretful · apprehensive · tense · edgy · restless · uneasy · jittery · stressed · overwrought · panicky
prudent
Exercising sound judgment
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
wary · circumspect · hesitant · risk-averse · overcautious · guarded · meticulous · second-guessing · double-checking · belt-and-suspenders
overprotective
Guarding too zealously
- hoveringSuspended without support
- smotheringDepriving of air
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
shielding · mother-hens · doting · fussing · coddling · sheltering · watchful · guardian · vigilant · caregiving
- overthinkersoverthinkers, analyzers, ruminators, ponderers, analyzer
- anxiety suffererspanic attack sufferers, agoraphobics, nervous wrecks, phobics, neurotics
- emotional typesdepressed people, optimists, pessimists, grumps, hotheads
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- habit typessmokers, gamblers, nail biters, procrastinators, coffee drinkers
worriersdoers
People who act
go-getters · pragmatists · fixers · realists · fatalists
- no worriesCasual dismissal of concern
- worried sickIntensely anxious to illness
- be worriedExperience anxious concern
- no worries mate