Tense synonyms | adjectives

Synonyms for Tense as an Adjective

• tight

  property, firm
• taut

  property, firm
• nervous

  characteristic, pressure
• strained

  characteristic, property
• agitated

  characteristic, pressure
• uptight

  pressure, tighten
• stiff

  tight, tighten
• edgy

  pressure, tighten
• uneasy

  pressure, nerve-racking
• jittery

  tighten, with butterflies in one's stomach
• rigid

  property, tight
• jumpy

  tighten, anxious
• restless

  anxious
• fidgety

  anxious
• restive
• excited

  characteristic
• overwrought

  anxious
• anxious

  nerve-racking
• worried

  anxious
• apprehensive
• stressful

  nerve-racking
• firm

  stiff, tight
• twitchy

  with butterflies in one's stomach
• nerve-racking
• on edge
• fretful
• wired

  with butterflies in one's stomach
• stretched

  property, taut
• ill at ease
• antsy
• stressed
• strung out
• wound up
• keyed up
• worrying

  nerve-racking
• high-strung
• unquiet
• upset
• nervy
• unrelaxed
• neurotic

  characteristic
• fraught

  nerve-racking
• moving

  exciting
• dramatic

  exciting
• on tenterhooks
• charged
• suspenseful
• uncomfortable
• concerned
• skittish