Definition for Nervy:

• showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; " the nervy feats of mountaineers"

Synonyms for Nervy:

• adj.

  •adventurous (adjective)
  • daring.
  •aggressive (adjective)
  • flip,
  • tough,
  • vigorous,
  • enterprising,
  • forceful.
  •audacious (adjective)
  • foolhardy,
  • rash,
  • fearless,
  • intrepid,
  • adventurous,
  • venturesome,
  • valiant,
  • resolute,
  • daredevil.
  •brash (adjective)
  • hotheaded,
  • incautious,
  • heedless,
  • impetuous,
  • cocksure,
  • thoughtless,
  • reckless,
  • madcap,
  • hasty.
  •brave (adjective)
  • plucky,
  • lionhearted,
  • doughty,
  • strong,
  • imprudent,
  • heroic,
  • stalwart,
  • dashing,
  • valorous,
  • stout,
  • hardy.
  •brazen (adjective)
  • cocky.
  •courageous (adjective)
  • red-blooded.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • in a dither,
  • aflutter.
  •fidgety (adjective)
  • unrestful,
  • fidgety.
  •lively (adjective)
  • jaunty.
  •ridiculing (adjective)
  • derisive.

• n.

  •
  • crude,
  • rude,
  • abrasive,
  • inconsiderate,
  • impolite,
  • offensive,
  • ill-mannered,
  • discourteous.
  •nervy (noun)
  • tense.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • contumelious,
  • sassy,
  • pushy.
  •
  • overconfident,
  • saucy,
  • impertinent,
  • presumptuous,
  • assuming,
  • snippy,
  • Presuming,
  • uppity,
  • brassy.
  •
  • smart,
  • insolent.

Antonyms for Nervy:

• adj.

  • aggressive
    laid-back, complaisant.
  • anxious
    calm, cool, peaceful, content, assured, unconcerned, indifferent, happy, tranqil, unworried.
  • audacious
    gentle, humble, meek, reserved, mild, cautious, yielding.
  • bold
    quiet, reticent, retiring, timorous.
  • brash
    careful, fearful, discreet.
  • brave
    frightened.
  • brazen
    shamefaced, shamed.
  • nervy
    modest, timid, unwilling, afraid, shy.
  • Other antonyms:
    courteous, confident, terrified, unadventurous, abashed, reasonable, mousy, happy-go-lucky, mannerly, easy, appalled, overcareful, genteel, nerveless, self-assured, collected, milky, blushing, wise, Affrighted, scared, deferential, concerned, backward, unobtrusive, sensible, prudent, levelheaded, controlled, inconspicuous, self-confident, spooked, rational, embarrassed, alarmed, sage, polite, unnerved, horrified, worried, shocked, overcautious, heedful, fainthearted, terrorized, dismayed, proper, ashamed, sure, sane, demure, respectful, startled, self-controlled, wary, coward, unenterprising, upset, sound.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    back, backwards, decompress, lax, loosen up, make relaxed, rearward, rearwards, relax, reverse, slow down, unbend, unlax, unstrain, unwind.

Homophones for Nervy:

• nearby, nervi, nureyev, nerve, nairobi, nerva.