nervy

Other forms of nervy

comparative or superlative

nervier

comparative or superlative

nerviest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nervy

What does nervy mean?

nervy means "being in a tense state". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nervy?

nervy has 2 syllables: ner-vy. The stress falls on "ner". In IPA it is /ˈnɝvi/.

What is another word for nervy?

Close synonyms include edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nervy a common word?

nervy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.