Synonyms for NERVOUS
ˈnɜr vəsner·vous

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1. nervousadjective

   Antonyms:
   calm, relaxed

2. nervousadjective

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, calm

3. nervousadjective

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, calm

4. nervousadjective

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, calm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. nervousadjective

   easily agitated

   "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, queasy, flighty, uneasy, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxious

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcited

2. anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquietadjective

   causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

   "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

   Synonyms:
   vile, flighty, offensive, sickish, aflutter, nauseating, loathsome, sick, anxious, uneasy, sickening, spooky, restless, awkward, queasy, dying(p), unquiet, anxious(p), noisome, ill at ease(p), skittish, nervous, neural, nauseated, nauseous

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcited

3. nervous, neuraladjective

   of or relating to the nervous system

   "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, queasy, neuronal, flighty, uneasy, nervous, neuronic, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxious

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, unexcitable, unexcited, relaxed

4. aflutter, nervousadjective

   excited in anticipation

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, queasy, flighty, uneasy, nervous, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxious

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, unexcitable, untroubled, unexcited

5. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervousadjective

   unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

   Synonyms:
   flyaway, queasy, aflutter, flighty, uneasy, nervous, unquiet, neural, head-in-the-clouds, skittish, spooky, scatterbrained, anxious

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcited

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. nervousadjective

   Synonyms:
   of the nerves

2. nervousadjective

   Synonyms:
   sinewy, strong, vigorous, robust, forcible, powerful

3. nervousadjective

   Synonyms:
   timid, timorous, easily agitated

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. nervousadjective

   Synonyms:
   excitable, sensitive, timorous

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1. List of paraphrases for "nervous":

   jumpy, nerve, edgy, tense, neural, jittery, high-strung, excitable, twitchy, anxious, trac, flustered, restless, uptight, skittish, neurological, overwrought, excited, itchy, neurologic

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1. List of known nicknames for "Nervous":

   Simon Coffey, DJ Nervous

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How to use NERVOUS in a sentence?

1. Peter Chen:

   Turnbull was expecting to run rings around Labor in this campaign and instead Labor have him in their sites, he would be a very nervous man this morning.

2. Nathan Myers:

   I'm nervous because I feel like I'm still locked up, once I get with my family and know I can look back... and the reality hits in, I think I'll be all right.

3. Suarez Navarro:

   What doctors said is basically that tennis and doing a sport was good for me so I decided to carry on with it, i’ll feel so much joy and happiness when that moment comes. I’ll be thankful and a little bit nervous to be on court again.

4. Debbie Turner:

   After we finished filming the movie, Julie Andrews had thrown a wrap party for us, it was a swimming party at Debbie Turner house and he was there. I remember my mom was so nervous about taking this photo because she thought, ‘ Oh my God, it’s Christopher Plummer. ’.

5. Anthony Nolan:

   Let's stop protecting these guys and covering up their actions. They make it bad for every decent officer, when I drive by kids, often they shout, 'don't kill me, don't shoot me.' We have to talk about this. I get nervous around other police officers myself.