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Speak and write with confidence.

To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (adjective) nervous

Synonyms: spooky, skittish, flighty, nervous Definition: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Hypernyms: excitable Definition: easily excited

Synonyms: aflutter, nervous Definition: excited in anticipation

Hypernyms: excited Definition: in an aroused state

Synonyms: nervous Definition: easily agitated Usage: a nervous addict; a nervous thoroughbred

Hypernyms: tense Definition: in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

Synonyms: anxious, uneasy, queasy, unquiet, nervous Definition: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Usage: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results; cast anxious glances behind her; those nervous moments before takeoff; an unquiet mind

Hypernyms: troubled Definition: characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need Usage: troubled areas; fell into a troubled sleep; a troubled expression; troubled teenagers