Hysteric: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power corresp…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power corresp…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.