ability, nervosity; hypertension, tension, tenseness, strain; excitement, fluster, confusion, Inf. stew, Inf. dither, Inf. tizzy, SI. flap; perturbation, agitation, upset, disquiet, distress, worry, trouble, concern; fretfulness, unquiet, unrest, restlessness, impatience, itchiness, SI. ants in one's pants; jitters, Inf. butterflies, Inf. butterflies in one's stomach, SI. heebie-jeebies, SI. habdabs, Inf. whim-whams, SI. willies, SI. creeps, Inf. screaming meemies; uneasiness, inquietude, apprehension, alarm, anxiety, anxiousness; dread, angst, fear, fearfulness, fright; skittishness, shyness, timidity, timidness; timorousness, tremulousness, shaking, shakiness, trembling, the shakes.
nervy, adj. Informal. 1. insolent, impertinent, impudent; brassy, Inf. cheeky, brazen, bold, brash, audacious; pushy, forward, presumptuous; saucy, Inf. sassy, fresh, flip, flippant; smart-alecky, SI. smart-assed, wise, SI. wise-assed, cocky, cocksure; contemptuous, contumelious, insulting, rude, disrespectful; ill-behaved, unceremonious, blunt, brusque, abrupt, short.
2. courageous, brave, valorous, intrepid; valiant, gallant, chivalrous, heroic; fearless, undaunted, unflinching, unshrinking, self-confident; daring, mettlesome, plucky, spunky, Inf. gutsy, SI. ballsy, doughty; indomitable, invincible, resolute, staunch, steadfast, stout-hearted; determined, tenacious.
3. strong, sinewy, powerful, mighty, puissant, forceful, vigorous; peppy, energetic, vivacious, spirited, lively; robust, stout, stalwart, muscular, brawny, lusty; ardent, fervent, zealous, impetuous.
4. nervous, excitable, unquiet, anxious; fidgety, jittery, skittish, agitated, SI. antsy; mercurial, volatile, changeable; restless, on edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop, waiting for the bomb to go off, on a tightrope, on a cliff edge.
nescience, n. 1. ignorance, blissful ignorance, unawareness, unenlightenment, unconsciousness, benightedness, darkness, blindness; want or lack of knowledge, lack of book learning, lack of schooling, unerudition, illiteracy, illiterateness; inexperience, greenness; innocence, simplicity, insensibility, imper-ception; bewilderment, confusion, perplexity; stolidness, Inf. thickness, denseness; dumbness, stupidity, empty-headedness, brainlessness, imbecility, idiocy.
2. agnosticism, skepticism, unbelief, Pyrrhonism, doubt, disbelief, minimifidianism; cynicism, incredulity, incredulousness; atheism, freethinking, heresy, paganism, unanointed state, excommunicant.
nest, n. 1. aerie, eyrie, roost, perch; incubator, hutch, coop, pen.
2. brood, covey, flock, bevy, clutch, swarm; litter, farrow, fry.
3. retreat, hermitage, asylum, refuge, cloister; lair, den, nookery, nook, Brit, snuggery; resting place, arbor, bower, pavilion, gazebo; home, house, habitation, dwelling, tumble-down shack; hangout, haunt, resort, purlieu; hide-out, hiding place, covert, shelter.
4. assemblage, set, series, aggregation; heap, congeries, cluster, bunch, batch, grouping.
5. hotbed, breeding place; den of iniquity, bordello, brothel, house of ill repute, a house that is not a home, good-time parlor; smoke-filled room, back room.
nestle, v. 1. snuggle, cuddle, nuzzle, snug; curl up, scrunch up, squeeze together.
2. settle, nest, lodge; enfold, ensconce.
nestling, n. chick, fledgling; baby, babe, babe in arms, suckling, nursing baby, nursling, weanling, wee tad.
net1, n. 1. mesh, meshwork, web, webbing, lace, lacing, lacework, bobbinet; lattice, latticework, trellis, wicker, wickerwork, wattle, mat, matting; network, plexus, reticulum, tissue, Optics, reticle; grate, grating, grille, grillwork, grid, gridiron; fret, fretwork, meander, filigree; tracery, intertexture, interlacing, intertwining, interweaving; sieve, sifter, riddle, screen, screening; seine, U.S. fyke, netting, mosquito netting, veiling; cobweb, spider web; woven fabric, cheesecloth, muslin, textile, cloth.