Synonyms for nervous
ˈnɜr vəs

Princeton's WordNet(2.60 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nervous(adj)

   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, unquiet(adj)

   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, neural, nauseated, nauseous

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcited

3. nervous, neural(adj)

   of or relating to the nervous system

   "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"

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

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, unexcitable, unexcited, relaxed

4. aflutter, nervous(adj)

   excited in anticipation

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

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, unexcitable, untroubled, unexcited

5. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous(adj)

   unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

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

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcited

Wiktionary(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nervous(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   calm, relaxed

2. nervous(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, calm

3. nervous(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, calm

4. nervous(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   relaxed, calm

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1. tense

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. nervous(a.)

   Synonyms:
   of the nerves

2. nervous(a.)

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

3. nervous(a.)

   Synonyms:
   timid, timorous, easily agitated

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nervous(a)

   Synonyms:
   excitable, sensitive, timorous

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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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How to use nervous in a sentence?

1. Dan Hartmann:

   You check in and you're like, 'I'm feeling really nervous about this today, are you still OK with this?' And vice versa.

2. Matthew Broderick:

   I was nervous and scared, but the reports at the time were saying people would be okay, it was shocking.

3. Sergeant Daniel Caban:

   I don't think we had time to get nervous or get scared.

4. Robert Erickson:

   In some way, this electromagnetic energy is interacting indirectly or directly with the sympathetic nervous system, which is part of the involuntary nervous system.

5. Deborah Arnie Arnesen:

   The Democratic base that isn't wedded to her is nervous about it, it makes her more vulnerable. What is this anointed candidate getting us? A much more flawed candidate than we thought. And Republicans now have material they never thought they would have.

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