What is another word for nervous?
Synonyms for nervous
ˈnɜr vəsner·vous
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Wiktionary
Princeton's WordNet
nervousadjective
easily agitated
"a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"
Synonyms:
unquiet, queasy, flighty, uneasy, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxiousAntonyms:
untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcitedanxious, 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, nauseousAntonyms:
untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcitednervous, neuraladjective
of or relating to the nervous system
"nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
Synonyms:
unquiet, queasy, neuronal, flighty, uneasy, neuronic, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxiousAntonyms:
untroubled, unexcitable, unexcited, relaxedaflutter, nervousadjective
excited in anticipation
Synonyms:
unquiet, queasy, flighty, uneasy, aflutter, neural, skittish, spooky, anxiousAntonyms:
relaxed, unexcitable, untroubled, unexcitedskittish, flighty, spooky, nervousadjective
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonyms:
flyaway, queasy, aflutter, flighty, uneasy, unquiet, neural, head-in-the-clouds, skittish, spooky, scatterbrained, anxiousAntonyms:
untroubled, relaxed, unexcitable, unexcited
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
nervousadjective
Synonyms:
of the nervesnervousadjective
Synonyms:
sinewy, strong, vigorous, robust, forcible, powerfulnervousadjective
Synonyms:
timid, timorous, easily agitated
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Nervous":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4358 | sick | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#6352 | excited | |
#7366 | nervous | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#9695 | neural | |
#10594 | trac | |
#13864 | anxious | |
#15861 | neurological | |
#16043 | tense | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#18495 | restless | |
#21711 | spooky | |
#22248 | neuronal | |
#23869 | itchy | |
#27379 | vile | |
#27699 | uneasy | |
#35563 | edgy | |
#36393 | neurologic | |
#48458 | sickening | |
#53996 | uptight | |
#65966 | loathsome | |
#72009 | excitable | |
#72642 | jittery | |
#74028 | jumpy | |
#81217 | nauseous | |
#84744 | flustered | |
#86204 | flyaway | |
#86575 | queasy | |
#94915 | nauseating | |
#100787 | skittish | |
#105856 | overwrought | |
#113468 | twitchy | |
#113981 | nauseated | |
#116743 | unquiet | |
#124538 | flighty | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#256033 | scatterbrained | |
#300373 | aflutter |
How to use nervous in a sentence?
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.
He had his moment and he blew it, he looks like a nervous wreck.... He's going down.
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.
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.
It's been a nightmare week for Zuckerberg and Facebook, tech investors are getting more nervous.
Translations for nervous
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- عصبي, متوترArabic
- нервенBulgarian
- nerviósCatalan, Valencian
- nervový, nervózníCzech
- nervesvag, nerve-, nervøsDanish
- nervösGerman
- νευρικός, αγχωμένοςGreek
- nerviosoSpanish
- kärsituEstonian
- عصبیPersian
- hermostunutFinnish
- nerveuxFrench
- nearbhachScottish Gaelic
- nerviosoGalician
- बे चै नHindi
- idegesHungarian
- gugupIndonesian
- nervosoItalian
- עַצבָּנִיHebrew
- 神経質なJapanese
- ನರKannada
- 흥분된, 강한Korean
- agirnokKurdish
- nervousLatin
- pūohorere, āmaimaiMāori
- nerveusDutch
- nervøsNorwegian
- nerwowyPolish
- nervosoPortuguese
- emoționat, agitat, nerăbdător, nervosRomanian
- нервный, нервноеRussian
- nervóznySlovak
- živčenSlovene
- nervösSwedish
- பதட்டமாகTamil
- నాడీTelugu
- หงุดหงิดThai
- endişeli, gerginTurkish
- нервовийUkrainian
- نروسUrdu
- lo lắngVietnamese
- נערוועזYiddish
- 緊張Chinese
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