Nervous Synonyms
83 nervous synonyms include highly strung, easily frightened, easily agitated, anxious, edgy, tense, excitable, jumpy, skittish, and brittle. Nervous is an adjective, and its antonyms are calm, relaxed, and easy-going. Here are some additional synonyms for "nervous" with example sentences.
Another word for Nervous
83 other ways to say nervous.
1. tense
- trepidatious
- timorous
- timid
- tense
- skittish
- shy
- scared
- neurotic
- nervy
- mousy
- jumpy
- hysterical
- highly strung
- frightened of one's own shadow
- frightened
- fearful
- excitable
- edgy
- easily frightened
- easily agitated
- brittle
- apprehensive
- anxious
2. worried
- wrought up
- worried
- worked up
- with one's stomach in knots
- wired
- windy
- View 2 vulgar slang words
- uptight
- uneasy
- twitchy
- trembling
- toey
- tense
- strung up
- strung out
- stressy
- stressed
- strained
- squirrelly
- spooky
- shaky
- shaking in one's shoes
- shaking
- scared
- restless
- quaking
- overwrought
- overstrung
- on tenterhooks
- on pins and needles
- on edge
- like a cat on hot bricks
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- keyed up
- jumpy
- jittery
- in a twitter
- in a twit
- in a tizz/tizzy
- in a sweat
- in a stew
- in a state of nerves
- in a state of agitation
- in a state
- in a flap
- in a cold sweat
- het up
- having kittens
- frightened
- fidgety
- fevered
- febrile
- fearful
- edgy
- apprehensive
- anxious
- all of a lather
- all of a doodah
- all of a dither
- agitated
Use nervous in a Sentence
A nervous glance revealed her anxiety.
He seemed calm, although he felt nervous inside.
It's normal to feel nervous.
Sudden jumps scare nervous people quickly.
The nervous student fidgeted during class.