jimjams

The word “jimjams” has 2 syllables: jim-jams

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɪmˌdʒæmz/


What is synonym and antonym for jimjams?

In the thesaurus, “jimjams” has 41 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jimjams along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jimjams

  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • blue Johnnies
  • blue devils
  • butterflies
  • cold creeps
  • cold shivers
  • cold sweat
  • creeps
  • delirium alcoholicum
  • delirium ebriositatis
  • dementia a potu
  • dither
  • edginess
  • fear
  • fidgets
  • frazzle
  • goose bumps
  • goose flesh
  • goose pimples
  • gooseflesh
  • heebie-jeebies
  • horripilation
  • horrors
  • hysteria
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • mania
  • nerves
  • nervous breakdown
  • pink elephants
  • pink spiders
  • screaming meemies
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • snakes in the boots
  • the DTs
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies

Antonyms for jimjams

  • aplomb
  • calm
  • composure
  • equanimity
  • imperturbability
  • self-possession
  • tranquility
  • tranquillity

Meanings of jimjams

  • noun
    1. Placeholder word for a thing or person nonspecific, unknown or forgotten; thingamabob.
    2. Nonsense; rigmarole.
    3. Chaotic activity; uproar; craziness.
    4. Pajamas.
  • verb
    1. To cram together in a jumbled fashion.
    2. To befuddle or stupefy.
    3. To dance ecstatically.
    4. To copulate.

Example Sentences

  • Every time he has to speak in public, he gets the jimjams, his nerves all aflutter.
  • The thought of spiders gives me the jimjams, I can't even look at a picture of one.
  • She couldn't sleep because she had the jimjams about her upcoming job interview.
  • The horror movie left me with the jimjams, I couldn't shake off the feeling of unease for hours.
  • Just the sight of the dentist's office gives me the jimjams, I always feel anxious before a check-up.

On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jimjams, such as: agitation, anxiety, aplomb, blue Johnnies, blue devils, butterflies, calm.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

jitters

  • agitation
  • all-overs
  • anger
  • animation
  • anxiety
  • butterflies
  • cold sweat
  • creeps
  • delirium
  • discomfiture
  • disquiet
  • disquietude
  • dither
  • dithers
  • edginess
  • excitability
  • fear
  • feverishness
  • fidget
  • fidgets
  • flap
  • fluster
  • frazzle
  • fuss
  • goose bumps
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hysteria
  • impatience
  • jimjams
  • jump
  • jumpiness
  • jumps
  • moodiness
  • nerves
  • nervous breakdown
  • neurasthenia
  • neuroticism
  • perturbation
  • quivers
  • screaming meemies
  • sensitivity
  • shakes
  • shiver
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • stage fright
  • stimulation
  • stress
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • timidity
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touchiness
  • tremble
  • trembles
  • tremulousness
  • turbulence
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies
  • worry

jitteriness

  • agita
  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • anxiousness
  • apprehension
  • apprehensiveness
  • butterflies
  • disquiet
  • dither
  • edginess
  • feverishness
  • fidgetiness
  • fidgets
  • flightiness
  • franticness
  • freneticism
  • hand-wringing
  • heebie-jeebies
  • jimjams
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • nerves
  • perturbation
  • restiveness
  • restlessness
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • trepidation
  • unease
  • uneasiness
  • upset
  • willies
  • worry

nerve

  • agitation
  • animate
  • anxiety
  • arm
  • arrogance
  • assumption
  • assurance
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back talk
  • backbone
  • boldness
  • bolster
  • boost
  • bottle
  • brace
  • brashness
  • brass
  • brassiness
  • bravery
  • brazenness
  • butterflies
  • buttress
  • cheek
  • cheekiness
  • cheer
  • chutzpa
  • chutzpah
  • cockiness
  • cojones
  • cold sweat
  • comfort
  • confidence
  • coolness
  • courage
  • courageousness
  • creeps
  • crust
  • daring
  • daringness
  • dauntlessness
  • determination
  • discourteousness
  • disrespect
  • dither
  • doughtiness
  • edginess
  • effrontery
  • embolden
  • encourage
  • endurance
  • energy
  • enforce
  • enhearten
  • face
  • fear
  • fearlessness
  • fiber
  • fidgets
  • firmness
  • force
  • forearm
  • fortify
  • fortitude
  • frazzle
  • gall
  • gallantry
  • gameness
  • goose bumps
  • greatheartedness
  • grit
  • gumption
  • guts
  • gutsiness
  • harden
  • hardihood
  • hardiness
  • heart
  • hearten
  • heebie-jeebies
  • heroism
  • hutzpa
  • hutzpah
  • hysteria
  • impertinence
  • impoliteness
  • impudence
  • incivility
  • inconsiderateness
  • inconsideration
  • insolence
  • inspire
  • inspirit
  • intestinal fortitude
  • intrepidity
  • intrepidness
  • inure
  • invigorate
  • jimjams
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • mettle
  • might
  • moxie
  • nerviness
  • nervous breakdown
  • overconfidence
  • pecker
  • perseverance
  • pertness
  • pluck
  • pluckiness
  • poise
  • presumption
  • presumptuousness
  • prowess
  • rally
  • ready
  • reenforce
  • reinforce
  • resolution
  • rouse
  • rudeness
  • sanguinity
  • sass
  • sauce
  • sauciness
  • screaming meemies
  • season
  • self-assurance
  • self-confidence
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • spirit
  • spunk
  • stamina
  • starch
  • steadfastness
  • steel
  • stir
  • stomach
  • stoutness
  • strengthen
  • support
  • sustain
  • swagger
  • swash
  • temerity
  • temper
  • tenacity
  • toughen
  • uneasiness
  • ungraciousness
  • valor
  • vigor
  • virtue
  • whim-whams
  • will
  • willies

nerves

  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • arms
  • bolsters
  • boosts
  • braces
  • butterflies
  • buttresses
  • cold sweat
  • comforts
  • creeps
  • dither
  • edginess
  • emboldens
  • encourages
  • enforces
  • fear
  • fidgets
  • forearms
  • fortifies
  • frazzle
  • fretfulness
  • goose bumps
  • hardens
  • heartens
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hysteria
  • imbalance
  • inspires
  • inures
  • irritation
  • jimjams
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • nervous breakdown
  • nervousness
  • neurasthenia
  • poises
  • rallies
  • readies
  • reenforces
  • reinforces
  • rouses
  • screaming meemies
  • seasons
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • sleeplessness
  • steels
  • stirs
  • strain
  • strengthens
  • stress
  • supports
  • sustains
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • toughens
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies

edginess

  • activity
  • agita
  • agitation
  • ailment
  • anger
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • ants
  • ants in pants
  • antsiness
  • anxiety
  • anxiousness
  • apprehension
  • apprehensiveness
  • avidity
  • bad feeling
  • brunt
  • bustle
  • butterflies
  • concern
  • discomfort
  • disquiet
  • disquietude
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • eagerness
  • excitability
  • excitement
  • expectancy
  • ferment
  • feverishness
  • fidgetiness
  • fidgets
  • fitfulness
  • flightiness
  • franticness
  • freneticism
  • fretfulness
  • hand-wringing
  • haste
  • hastiness
  • heat
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hostility
  • hurry
  • impetuosity
  • inconstancy
  • inquietude
  • insomnia
  • instability
  • intolerance
  • irritability
  • irritableness
  • jimjams
  • jitteriness
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • jumps
  • movement
  • nail-biting
  • nerves
  • nervousness
  • perturbation
  • pins and needles
  • pressure
  • quick temper
  • rashness
  • restiveness
  • restlessness
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • shortness
  • skittishness
  • snappiness
  • strain
  • suspense
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • transience
  • trepidation
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • unease
  • uneasiness
  • unrest
  • unsettledness
  • upset
  • vehemence
  • violence
  • willies
  • worriedness
  • worriment
  • worry

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