apprehensive

Adjective
  1. Quick to understand (synset 301749276)
    "a kind and apprehensive friend"
    similar to: perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
    same as: discerning
  2. Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc (synset 300826475)
    "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
    similar to: uneasy - lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
    same as: worried
  3. In fear or dread of possible evil or harm (synset 300079659)
    "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
    similar to: afraid - filled with fear or apprehension

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