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, 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, neuronic, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxious

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, unexcitable, unexcited, relaxed

4. aflutter, nervousadjective

   excited in anticipation

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, queasy, flighty, uneasy, 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, 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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1. Amy Bushatz:

   I would be lying if I didn't say it (made) me a little nervous, i don't think you can receive what appears to be a personal threat from ISIS without being nervous.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   You can tell when a campaign gets nervous -- like the Clinton campaign -- and I think they're getting a little nervous, what do you think? when candidates and campaigns get nervous, they start throwing out a bunch of stuff.

3. Shana Alexander:

   The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

4. Walt Whitman:

   I see great things in baseball. It's our game--the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.