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,
  • pushy,
  • enterprising,
  • forceful,
  • bold,
  • vigorous,
  • tough,
  • sassy,
  • brassy.
  •anxious (adjective)
  • troubled,
  • disquieted,
  • jittery,
  • fretful,
  • distressed,
  • restless,
  • shaky,
  • nervous,
  • jumpy,
  • apprehensive,
  • in a tizzy,
  • unquiet,
  • fidgety,
  • uneasy,
  • disturbed,
  • in suspense.
  •audacious (adjective)
  • brave,
  • disrespectful,
  • unafraid,
  • assuming,
  • Gutty,
  • foolhardy,
  • rash,
  • intrepid,
  • saucy,
  • brash,
  • courageous,
  • resolute,
  • daredevil,
  • adventurous,
  • venturesome,
  • valiant,
  • brazen,
  • fearless,
  • insolent,
  • impertinent.
  •bold (adjective)
  • cheeky,
  • fresh,
  • gritty,
  • presumptuous,
  • gutsy,
  • audacious,
  • spunky.
  •brash (adjective)
  • hasty,
  • Presuming,
  • heedless,
  • incautious,
  • hotheaded,
  • reckless,
  • thoughtless,
  • impetuous,
  • uppity,
  • cocksure,
  • flip,
  • madcap.
  •brave (adjective)
  • doughty,
  • stout,
  • game,
  • stalwart,
  • lionhearted,
  • plucky,
  • heroic,
  • imprudent,
  • valiant,
  • dashing,
  • valorous,
  • spirited,
  • daring,
  • strong,
  • hardy.
  •brazen (adjective)
  • contumelious,
  • cocky,
  • smart-ass.
  •courageous (adjective)
  • brave,
  • valorous,
  • red-blooded.
  •disrespectful (adjective)
  • saucy.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • in a dither,
  • aflutter.
  •fidgety (adjective)
  • unrestful,
  • fidgety.
  •insolent (adjective)
  • insolent.
  •lively (adjective)
  • jaunty.
  •nervy (adjective)
  • crude,
  • impudent,
  • plucky,
  • forward,
  • crass,
  • rude,
  • pert,
  • inconsiderate,
  • smart-alecky,
  • smart.
  •ridiculing (adjective)
  • derisive.
  •self-assured (adjective)
  • cocky.

• n.

  •
  • ill-mannered,
  • inconsiderate,
  • discourteous,
  • impolite,
  • abrasive,
  • rude,
  • pushy,
  • offensive,
  • crude.
  •
  • brazen,
  • pert,
  • Familiar,
  • assumptive,
  • panic-stricken,
  • attitude,
  • brassy,
  • flip,
  • intimidated,
  • insolent,
  • snippy,
  • uppish,
  • Presuming,
  • contumelious,
  • courtesy,
  • smart-alecky,
  • impertinent,
  • sassy,
  • boldfaced,
  • saucy,
  • overconfident,
  • impudent,
  • Malapert,
  • uppity,
  • petrified,
  • assuming,
  • audacious,
  • presumptuous,
  • Snippety,
  • smart,
  • fresh.
  •
  • delighted,
  • inclined,
  • interested,
  • ready,
  • obliging,
  • amenable,
  • willing.
  •nervy (noun)
  • cheeky,
  • edgy,
  • highly strung,
  • uptight,
  • jittery,
  • bold,
  • high-strung,
  • in suspense,
  • jumpy,
  • forward,
  • overstrung,
  • tense,
  • restive,
  • brash.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pushy,
  • boldfaced,
  • smart-alecky,
  • Snippety,
  • contumelious,
  • sassy.
  •
  • brassy,
  • impertinent,
  • presumptuous,
  • snippy,
  • saucy,
  • assuming,
  • overconfident,
  • rude,
  • uppish,
  • impudent,
  • uppity,
  • Presuming,
  • Malapert,
  • assumptive.
  •
  • pert,
  • brazen.
  •
  • audacious,
  • smart,
  • insolent.
  •
  • Familiar.
  •
  • fresh.
  •Other relevant words:
  • amenable,
  • stirred up,
  • unpeaceful,
  • bumpy,
  • uppish,
  • crass,
  • incautious,
  • goosey,
  • turbulent,
  • precocious,
  • strong,
  • tenacious,
  • wise-ass,
  • smart-alecky,
  • strong-willed,
  • Spiritful,
  • nerves on edge,
  • rude,
  • fresh,
  • sensitive,
  • irritable,
  • on edge,
  • venturesome,
  • in a sweat,
  • lionhearted,
  • offensive,
  • discourteous,
  • impolite,
  • gamy,
  • impetuous,
  • obliging,
  • forceful,
  • temerarious,
  • feverish,
  • brave,
  • hale,
  • flippant,
  • arch,
  • flip,
  • heedless,
  • steely,
  • unquiet,
  • sinewy,
  • Nerved,
  • powerful,
  • ill-mannered,
  • potent,
  • game,
  • jolting,
  • queasy,
  • hard,
  • sturdy,
  • cocky,
  • Gally,
  • on tenterhooks,
  • wild,
  • foolhardy,
  • ready,
  • devil-may-care,
  • derisive,
  • brassbound,
  • rough,
  • brassy,
  • hefty,
  • fearless,
  • strapping,
  • spunky,
  • brazen,
  • hotheaded,
  • imprudent,
  • jaunty,
  • husky,
  • courageous,
  • flappable,
  • overconfident,
  • discomposed,
  • bold-faced,
  • doughty,
  • twitter,
  • smart,
  • antsy,
  • brazen-faced,
  • inconsiderate,
  • petrified,
  • bluff,
  • disturbed,
  • nervous,
  • delighted,
  • adventuresome,
  • cocksure,
  • spirited,
  • fidgety,
  • shaky,
  • intrepid,
  • supercilious,
  • rugged,
  • thoughtless,
  • agitated,
  • insolent,
  • dithery,
  • Familiar,
  • puissant,
  • gratuitous,
  • courtesy,
  • inclined,
  • assumptive,
  • impudent,
  • spooky,
  • careless,
  • crude,
  • unthinking,
  • fretful,
  • perturbed,
  • pertinacious,
  • forcible,
  • uppity,
  • atwitter,
  • ruffled,
  • lusty,
  • rash,
  • anxious,
  • restless,
  • shaken up,
  • valiant,
  • vigorous,
  • Malapert,
  • willing,
  • daring,
  • disquieted,
  • toey,
  • Flurried,
  • impertinent,
  • dashing,
  • jolty,
  • contumelious,
  • uncivil,
  • troubled,
  • troublous,
  • emboldened,
  • reckless,
  • valorous,
  • twitchy,
  • disrespectful,
  • beefy,
  • hearty,
  • interested,
  • HINKY,
  • snippy,
  • audacious,
  • Presuming,
  • robust,
  • obstinate,
  • full-blooded,
  • boldfaced,
  • all nerves,
  • twittery,
  • red-blooded,
  • panicky,
  • bouncing,
  • hardy,
  • presumptuous,
  • resolute,
  • worked up,
  • flustered,
  • in a stew,
  • full-strength,
  • stout,
  • in a dither,
  • assuming,
  • attitude,
  • heroic,
  • stalwart,
  • robustious,
  • rocky,
  • mettlesome,
  • pushy,
  • mighty,
  • irresponsible,
  • venturous,
  • distressed,
  • apprehensive,
  • madcap,
  • adventurous,
  • aggressive,
  • enterprising,
  • free-swinging,
  • tough,
  • unafraid,
  • uneasy,
  • shaken,
  • pert,
  • abrasive,
  • skittish,
  • contemptuous,
  • excitable,
  • high-spirited,
  • Gutty,
  • aflutter,
  • sassy,
  • crusty,
  • excited,
  • gamey,
  • hasty,
  • biggety,
  • Snippety,
  • saucy,
  • plucky,
  • intimidated,
  • jerky,
  • in a tizzy,
  • panic-stricken,
  • unrestful,
  • insecure,
  • unflinching,
  • gutsy,
  • uncalled-for,
  • gritty,
  • smart-ass,
  • daredevil.

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:
    confident, terrorized, mild, alarmed, worried, scared, wise, nerveless, collected, fainthearted, fearful, controlled, wary, sure, easy, afraid, sensible, deferential, retiring, reasonable, heedful, backward, frightened, proper, levelheaded, unenterprising, self-controlled, modest, coward, overcareful, horrified, happy-go-lucky, self-confident, sage, rational, mousy, shamefaced, shocked, sane, demure, concerned, unnerved, courteous, startled, cautious, overcautious, sound, terrified, dismayed, shy, embarrassed, self-assured, respectful, genteel, Affrighted, unadventurous, timorous, spooked, polite, calm, cool, prudent, blushing, humble, mannerly, appalled, inconspicuous, ashamed, milky, upset, meek, unobtrusive, careful, abashed, gentle.

• 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.