nervous

/nˈɝvəs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. easily agitated
   “a nervous addict”
2. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
   “spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
3. of or relating to the nervous system
   “nervous disease”
4. excited in anticipation
5. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Synonyms for nervous

• tense
• anxious
• queasy
• uneasy
• unquiet
• troubled
• neural
• aflutter
• excited
• skittish
• flighty
• spooky
• excitable

Words that rhyme with nervous

• service
• disservice
• gervase