Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "nervous" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

as nervous as a witch autonomic nervous system central nervous system electronervous enteric nervous system internervous nervcited nervicited nervited nervous Purvis nervous as a cat nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs nervous as a whore in church nervous breakdown nervous energy nervous hit nervous nellie nervous nelly nervous nineties nervous pudding nervous tissue nervous wreck nervous-Nellie nervous-Nelly nervously nervousness nonnervous overnervous parasympathetic nervous system perinervous peripheral nervous system seminervous somatic nervous system sympathetic nervous system unnervous vasculonervous vegetative nervous system

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

emotional emotionful

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

coffeed out nervicited nervous as a cat nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs solicitous wired

Related Terms

afraid cautious fantod (medical term) get cold feet have butterflies in one's stomach hesitant nail biter nervosity nervous hit nervous nelly sweat bullets twitter

Related Terms

agitate anxious apprehensive easily edgy forceful hesitant nerve nervose nervosity on edge powerful sinewy strength vigorous

Similar Terms

excitable excited tense tense troubled

Synonym Network

aflutter queasy skittish

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.