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jittery

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of jittery

1 easily excited by nature

  • a jittery person who shouldnʼt even consider a career as an air traffic controller
Synonyms of jittery

excitable, fiddle-footed, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hyper, hyperactive, hyperexcitable, hyperkinetic, jumpy, nervous, skittery, skittish, spasmodic, spooky
Words Related to jittery

hot-blooded, mercurial, temperamental, unstable, volatile, volcanic

anxious, edgy, flibbertigibbety, nervy, tense, uptight

emotional, emotionalistic, hypersensitive, intense, sensitive, soulful

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic

irascible, irritable, perturbable, prickly, testy, touchy
Near Antonyms of jittery

calm, collected, cool, serene, tranquil

easy, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed
Antonyms of jittery

imperturbable, nerveless, unexcitable, unflappable, unshakable

2 feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

  • feeling a little jittery before the flight
Synonyms of jittery

aflutter, antsy, anxious, atwitter, dithery, edgy, goosey, het up, hinky [slang], hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jumpy, nervous, nervy, perturbed, queasy (also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried
Words Related to jittery

aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-up

apprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgiving

fretful, fretting, stewing, vexed

qualmish, qualmy

flustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrung

obsessed, preoccupied, restless

fidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hypertense, skittish, spooky
Phrases Synonymous with jittery

keyed up, on edge, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks
Near Antonyms of jittery

confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure

controlled, self-controlled
Antonyms of jittery

calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed

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