Definition for Scary:

• Subject to a scare: alarmed: frightened: scared. Whittier.

Synonyms for Scary:

• adj.

  •dangerous (adjective)
  • hairy.
  •eerie (adjective)
  • fearful,
  • mysterious,
  • awesome,
  • ghostly,
  • spectral,
  • strange,
  • Crawly,
  • unearthly,
  • supernatural,
  • uncanny,
  • fantastic,
  • weird,
  • frightening.
  •fearsome (adjective)
  • fearsome.
  •frightening (adjective)
  • spooky,
  • terrifying,
  • nightmarish.
  •frightening, terrifying (adjective)
  • eerie,
  • intimidating,
  • horrifying,
  • horrendous,
  • creepy,
  • chilling,
  • alarming,
  • shocking,
  • spine-chilling,
  • hair-raising,
  • spooky,
  • unnerving,
  • hairy,
  • bloodcurdling.
  •ghostly (adjective)
  • ghostly,
  • phantom,
  • spectral,
  • wraithlike,
  • phantasmal,
  • ghastly.
  •hairy (adjective)
  • perilous,
  • risky,
  • uncertain,
  • hazardous,
  • wicked.
  •horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
  • grim,
  • loathsome,
  • hideous,
  • heinous,
  • frightful,
  • dreadful,
  • appalling,
  • lurid,
  • terrifying,
  • grisly,
  • repellent,
  • terrible,
  • gruesome,
  • awful.
  •macabre (adjective)
  • horrible,
  • horrid,
  • ghoulish.
  •nightmarish (adjective)
  • direful,
  • fearsome,
  • petrifying,
  • macabre,
  • disquieting,
  • dire.
  •spooky (adjective)
  • eerie,
  • spine-chilling.
  •threatening (adjective)
  • forewarning,
  • foreboding,
  • frightening,
  • Looming,
  • Browbeating,
  • bullying,
  • Hinting,
  • intimidating,
  • warning,
  • admonishing,
  • tormenting,
  • threatening.
  •uncanny (adjective)
  • preternatural,
  • unnatural,
  • devilish.

• n.

  •
  • dreadful,
  • fearful,
  • frightful,
  • fear,
  • dire,
  • direful,
  • ghastly,
  • terrible,
  • menacing,
  • tremendous,
  • formidable,
  • eerie,
  • redoubtable,
  • awesome,
  • spooky,
  • fearsome,
  • appalling.
  •scary (noun)
  • chilling,
  • scarey,
  • shivery,
  • alarming,
  • shuddery.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • direful,
  • frightful,
  • harrowing,
  • fearsome,
  • cowardly,
  • creepy,
  • macabre,
  • heart-stopping,
  • menacing,
  • spine-tingling,
  • hairy,
  • eerie,
  • nightmarish,
  • bloodcurdling,
  • unearthly,
  • ghoulish,
  • awesome.
  •
  • redoubtable,
  • fearful,
  • terrible,
  • frighteningly.
  •
  • dire,
  • appalling,
  • ghastly,
  • chill.
  •
  • formidable,
  • tremendous,
  • dreadful.
  •weird
  • spooky.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fearful,
  • trepidant,
  • startling,
  • trigger-happy,
  • dreadful,
  • horrific,
  • risky,
  • frighteningly,
  • fearsome,
  • timid,
  • shrinking,
  • jumpy,
  • wraithlike,
  • awing,
  • spectral,
  • creepy,
  • macabre,
  • spooky,
  • fear,
  • flagitious,
  • terrorized,
  • villainous,
  • grotesque,
  • worrisome,
  • coward,
  • ugly,
  • Fiendish,
  • chill,
  • grievous,
  • ghoulish,
  • terrible,
  • disquieting,
  • nightmarish,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • lurid,
  • dastard,
  • appalling,
  • poltroon,
  • uncanny,
  • nerve-racking,
  • hysterical,
  • eerie,
  • aghast,
  • trembling,
  • hideous,
  • horrified,
  • tremendous,
  • menacing,
  • iniquitous,
  • loathsome,
  • disconcerting,
  • alarmed,
  • maleficent,
  • hairy,
  • bashful,
  • spooked,
  • nervous,
  • agonizing,
  • diffident,
  • forbidding,
  • sinister,
  • ludicrous,
  • horrible,
  • unearthly,
  • Crawly,
  • kafkaesque,
  • heinous,
  • demonic,
  • horrendous,
  • gross,
  • eery,
  • skittish,
  • heart-stopping,
  • monstrous,
  • atrocious,
  • fantastic,
  • frustrating,
  • cowardly,
  • tricky,
  • shaky,
  • formidable,
  • outrageous,
  • malevolent,
  • scared,
  • paralysing,
  • unreal,
  • Startlish,
  • spine-tingling,
  • unnatural,
  • diabolical,
  • hazardous,
  • apprehensive,
  • direful,
  • devilish,
  • tremulous,
  • awesome,
  • hair-raising,
  • daunting,
  • awful,
  • absurd,
  • scarey,
  • anxious,
  • phantasmal,
  • chickenhearted,
  • repulsive,
  • unnerved,
  • Affrighted,
  • wicked,
  • deterrent,
  • rabbity,
  • strange,
  • ghost-like,
  • terrifying,
  • shocked,
  • shocking,
  • redoubtable,
  • Overawing,
  • shy,
  • Fearing,
  • shivery,
  • ghastly,
  • grisly,
  • disheartening,
  • worrying,
  • horrid,
  • preternatural,
  • harrowing,
  • malefic,
  • Feared,
  • grim,
  • dread,
  • recreant,
  • uncertain,
  • distressing,
  • shamefaced,
  • evil,
  • horror-struck,
  • unnerving,
  • phantom,
  • timorous,
  • frightened,
  • funky,
  • frightful,
  • dire,
  • chilling,
  • perilous,
  • skittery,
  • weird,
  • dastardly,
  • ghostly,
  • Scaring,
  • goosy,
  • gruesome,
  • supernatural,
  • precarious,
  • petrifying,
  • mysterious,
  • fainthearted,
  • bloodcurdling,
  • dismaying,
  • spine-chilling,
  • alarming,
  • terrified,
  • discouraging,
  • blood-curdling,
  • Deterring,
  • afraid,
  • horrifying,
  • repellent,
  • shuddery,
  • dangerous,
  • exasperating,
  • mousy,
  • disproportionate.

Antonyms for Scary:

• adj.

  • eerie
    ordinary, silly, funny.
  • frightening, terrifying
    normal, calming, soothing, encouraging.
  • hairy
    calm, safe.
  • horrible/horrendous/horrid
    delightful, pleasant, wonderful, pleasing, magnificent, agreeable.
  • macabre
    common, living.
  • spooky
    natural, unfrightening.
  • uncanny
    earthly, usual.
  • Other antonyms:
    determined, confident, soothing, dashing, daring, spunky, consoling, adventuresome, mettlesome, resolute, plucky, pacifying, venturous, venturesome, collected, sure, relaxing, unperturbed, inviting, self-confident, sanguine, undeterred, lulling, tranquilizing, reassuring, assured, adventurous, unflinching, cool, comforting, heroic, game, firm, self-assured, spirited, calming, unswerving, composed, unalarming, hardy, unafraid.

Homophones for Scary:

• sea-ear, seizure, sherry, shaker, soaker, sugar, shearer, serra, sugary, sakkara, soar, sea hare, saqqara, serer, swaggerer, scour, sciara, Sauce Chausseur, sauria, scare away, scouser, seer, saussure, saury, screwy, shirr, sorry, screw eye, seashore, scarer, sahuaro, sere, screw, shear, succory, sierra, sukur, shari, scoria, seizer, succour, square, sure, score, share, sahara, saucer, saguaro, sir, sower, shocker, sour, sawyer, sr, showery, sarah, succorer, shareware, sucker, sharer, sirrah, Skerry, shorea, sari, skier, squawker, succourer, soccer, succor, scare, saussurea, secure, sheer, scurry, scissor, successor, swagger, shrew, squire, sewer, sokoro, saree, shore, suer, sucre, soiree, shower, scar, sore, seeger, surya, surrey, sorrower, swayer, shariah, swearer, shirer, securer, sear, sorrow, scissure, ssri, scourer, sixer, squeezer, sharia, sura, SACEUR, souari, sire, Scry, sur, sr., serow, seeker, square away, skewer, scorer, scarey, squeaker, shire, syria, swear, saqqarah, scree.