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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   Submitted by anonymous on September 30, 2020  

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. Lydia Sebastian:

   I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard. But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than I thought it was going to be.

2. Terry Torrison:

   The momentum is to the downside for those biotech stocks, these are still very nervous markets, and I think that any rebound should be sold into.

3. Eileen Heisman:

   I know a lot of small organizations are nervous. It's hard to know what kind of programs to offer.

4. Ingo Speich:

   Sentiment is quite nervous...I think more and more investors blame central banks for not acting in the current environment to bring stabilisation, currently there is no positive bottom-up or fundamental signal that is strong enough to keep markets up.

5. Abigail Harding:

   His family was nervous and very mistrustful, and they didn't want to be hurt.