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jumpy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of jumpy

1 easily excited by nature

  • a jumpy little terrier
Synonyms of jumpy

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

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 jumpy

calm, collected, cool, serene, tranquil

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

imperturbable, nerveless, unexcitable, unflappable, unshakable

2 feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

  • flight attendants had to calm jumpy passengers after the plane hit unexpected turbulence
Synonyms of jumpy

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

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 jumpy

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

confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure

controlled, self-controlled
Antonyms of jumpy

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

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