Synonyms of the word

nervy

• adj. (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
• adj. (Britain) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
• adj. (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
• adj. (technical) jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.

bold

• n. (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
• adj. Courageous, daring.
• adj. (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
• adj. Presumptuous.
• adj. (Ireland) naughty, insolent, badly-behaved.
• adj. Full-bodied.
• adj. (Philippine English) naked, pornographic.
• v. (transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold.

brash

• adj. impetuous or rash.
• adj. insensitive or tactless.
• adj. impudent or shameless.
• n. Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
• n. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
• n. (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
• n. Broken fragments of ice.
• adj. (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables.

cheeky

• adj. (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or…
• adj. (informal, Britain) Indulged in.
• adj. (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.

edgy

• adj. nervous, apprehensive.
• adj. (entertainment, advertising) creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
• adj. (entertainment, advertising) on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good…
• adj. (dated) irritable.
• adj. (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
• adj. (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
• adj. (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.

forward

• n. (dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
• adj. Toward the front or at the front.
• adj. Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
• adj. (finance) Expected in the future.
• adj. Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
• adj. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
• adv. Towards the front or from the front.
• adv. In the usual direction of travel.
• adv. Into the future.
• v. (transitive) To advance, promote.
• v. (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.
• n. (rugby) one of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number…
• n. (soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are…
• n. (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
• n. (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than…
• n. (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
• n. (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain…
• n. Misconstruction of foreword.

high-strung

• adj. Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable.

jittery

• adj. nervy, jumpy, on edge.
• adj. Having jitter, or unwanted signal characteristics.

jumpy

• adj. Nervous and excited.

overstrung

• adj. Excessively tense or nervous.
• adj. Strung too tightly.

restive

• adj. Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
• adj. Resistant to control; stubborn.
• adj. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.

tense

• n. (grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs…
• n. (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
• n. (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of…
• v. (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.
• adj. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
• adj. Pulled taut, without any slack.
• v. To make or become tense.

uptight

• adj. (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
• adj. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
• adj. (colloquial) Sexually repressed.
• adj. (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
• n. (colloquial) An uptight person.