Synonyms for nervous

Most common

1. Anxious — of nerves. Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge

2. Powerful

strong, powerful, forceful, vigorous, sinewy, forcible

Other

scary, neural, aflutter, perturbable rare

adj. 1
Of nerves. Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
adj. 2
Of nerves. Supplied with nerves; innervated.

Word family: nervousness nervosity
Phrases: nervous wreck central nervous system autonomic nervous system nervous breakdown enteric nervous system parasympathetic nervous system peripheral nervous system vegetative nervous system
Is a kind of: emotional

From the opposite of nervous, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

5 letters: scary², tense¹, timid², jumpy², nervy²
6 letters: strong¹, neural², uneasy³, queasy², sinewy³
7 letters: excited³, worried², anxious², fearful², jittery³
8 letters: powerful³, troubled², restless², vigorous³, agitated⁴, forceful², forcible³, skittish², aflutter³
9 letters: concerned², disturbed², irritable⁴, excitable⁴
10 letters: distraught²
11 letters: perturbable
12 letters: apprehensive⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (scary² = 2 syllables).