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Synonyms for nervous
ˈnɜr vəsner·vous

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Wiktionary3.8 / 5 votes

  1. nervousadjective

    Antonyms:
    calm, relaxed

  2. nervousadjective

    Antonyms:
    relaxed, calm

  3. nervousadjective

    Antonyms:
    relaxed, calm

  4. nervousadjective

    Antonyms:
    relaxed, calm

Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tense

    Submitted by anonymous on September 30, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 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 Words1.5 / 2 votes

  1. nervousadjective

    Synonyms:
    excitable, sensitive, timorous

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Nervous":

    Simon Coffey, DJ Nervous

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How to use nervous in a sentence?

  1. Resident Scott Ellzy:

    They were n’t nervous, they seemed like they were very familiar with the area, and they had no problem walking up to somebody’s garage, front door, and … just no fear.

  2. Donald Trump:

    He had his moment and he blew it, he looks like a nervous wreck.... He's going down.

  3. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:

    [ They ] destroyed freedom of speech in their state — [ and are ] trying to destroy the neighboring state. They portray themselves as global players. And they themselves are afraid of a relatively short conversation with several journalists, well, if there's such reaction — then we are doing everything right. [ It ] means they are nervous.

  4. Mary Pilon:

    While I was writing the book I was also buying an apartment, so the Monopoly themes got really meta, i never buy more house than I can afford, in the game or in real life. It makes me nervous just thinking about it.

  5. Daniel Ives:

    It's been a nightmare week for Zuckerberg and Facebook, tech investors are getting more nervous.


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