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.

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.