The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word UNEASY , but the solution may also be WARY which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Apprehensive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| UNEASY | 27 % | 6 |
| LEERY | 16 % | 5 |
| TIMID | 10 % | 5 |
| ANTSY | 10 % | 5 |
| ALARMED | 6 % | 7 |
| EDGY | 6 % | 4 |
| TREPID | 4 % | 6 |
| AFRAID | 4 % | 6 |
| WARY | 4 % | 4 |
| WORRIED | 4 % | 7 |
| ONEDGE | 2 % | 6 |
| NERVOUS | 2 % | 7 |
| INSECURE | 2 % | 8 |
| SCARED | 2 % | 6 |
Why may WARY be the right solution?
"WARY" is the right solution for "Apprehensive" because being wary means being cautious or hesitant, which is synonymous with feeling apprehensive.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Apprehensive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- anxious
- afraid
- uneasy
- discerning
- perceptive
- worried
- troubled
- scared
- fearful
- timid
- concerned
- hesitant
Crossword Answer definitions
UNEASY adjective- Not easy; difficult.
- Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Not easy in manner; constrained
- Causing discomfort or constraint
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result UNEASY
- Ill at ease
- Restless
- Not comfortable
- Apprehensive
- Anxious
- On edge
- Nervous
- On pins and needles
- Not relaxed
- Full of misgivings
More clues leading to the result LEERY
- Distrustful
- Suspicious
- On one's guard
- Skeptical
- Having doubts
- Not too sure
- Apprehensive
- Suspicious (of)
- Smelling a rat
- Once bitten, so to speak
More clues leading to the result TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive
More clues leading to the result ANTSY
- On edge
- Fidgety
- Eager
- Eager to get moving
- Edgy
- Ready to move onto the next thing
- Unable to sit still
- Uncomfortable
- Anxious
- Chomping at the bit
More clues leading to the result ALARMED
- Difficult to steal, perhaps
- Afraid
- Like many modern cars
- Frightened
- Apprehensive
- Panicky
- Filled with fear
- Not at all collected
- Up in arms
- Far from calm
More clues leading to the result EDGY
- Wired
- Tense
- Like indie crosswords (we hope)
- Like much prestige television
- Pacing, perhaps
- All wound up
- Innovative and daring
- Like challenging art
- Likely to snap
- Risk-taking
More clues leading to the result TREPID
- Timorous
- Fearful
- Apprehensive
- Timorous.
- Quaking
- Afraid
- Hesitant
- Trembling with fear
- Chicken-hearted
- Hesitant to act
More clues leading to the result AFRAID
- Scared
- Shivering in one's shoes
- Petrified
- Chicken
- Terror-stricken
- Timorous
- Fainthearted
- Frightened
- Shaking in one's shoes
- Yellow
More clues leading to the result WARY
- Cautious
- Guarded
- Hesitant to join in
- On one's guard
- Not too sure
- Suspicious
- Untrusting
- Openly distrustful
- Distrustful
- On guard
More clues leading to the result WORRIED
More clues leading to the result ONEDGE
- Tense
- Irritable
- Very nervous
- Not heads or tails
- Liable to blow up
- Really anxious
- Unable to relax
- Uptight
- Tense or impatient
- Jittery
More clues leading to the result NERVOUS
- On edge
- ___ Nelly
- Like one afflicted with the added elements in 17-, 24-, 53- and 65-Across?
- Acutely uncertain
- Jumpy.
- Apprehensive.
- Jittery.
- On edge.
- With 19-Across, a worrywart
- Full of butterflies
More clues leading to the result INSECURE
- Not confident
- Doubt-ridden
- Lacking confidence
- Anxious
- Like many Woody Allen characters
- Apprehensive
- Risky
- Subject to doubts
- Not self-confident
- Wobbly.