Antonyms for nerve
nɜrvnerve

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1. nerve

   Antonyms:
   nerveless, forceless, feeble, weak, enfeebled, impotent, palsied

   Synonyms:
   strength, firmness, resolution

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1. nerve, nervusnoun

   any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

   Synonyms:
   heart, mettle, boldness, face, cheek, nervus, brass, spunk

2. heart, mettle, nerve, spunknoun

   the courage to carry on

   "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

   Synonyms:
   affection, affectionateness, substance, brass, punk, philia, nervus, meat, tinder, centre, cheek, center, tenderness, kindling, core, marrow, sum, ticker, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, gist, warmness, inwardness, pith, heart, bosom, pump, essence, face, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, touchwood, fondness, spunk, boldness, eye, middle

3. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheekverb

   impudent aggressiveness

   "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

   Synonyms:
   font, look, case, hardiness, nervus, aspect, administration, cheek, strikingness, boldness, fount, buttock, impudence, governing body, hardihood, plaque, daring, facial expression, brass section, brass, side, organization, grimace, heart, memorial tablet, spunk, face, organisation, mettle, expression, governance, brass instrument, human face, establishment, typeface, impertinence

4. steel, nerveverb

   get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   steel

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1. nervenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) boldness, audacity, presumption, effrontery, courage, assurance

2. nervenoun

   Associated words:
   neurology, neurologist, neurography, neuron, lecithin, rete, plexus, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, neurotic, sensorium, funiculus, ganglion, hilum, neurism, innervation, neuration, neuritis, neuropathic, nervine, neuroma, neuropathy, neuroid, neuric, neuricity, aneuria, glioma, neurosis, cinerea, cholesterin, perineurium, epineurium, internuncial

3. nerveverb

   Synonyms:
   brace, strengthen, fortify, invigorate, energize

How to use nerve in a sentence?

1. Danielle Kang:

   Let me tell you, that was the hardest two-footer I’ve ever had to putt, it was pretty nerve-wracking, but I just did it.

2. Wasserman Schultz:

   And there is one particular candidate who just seems to delight in insulting women any chance Donald Trump gets. I have to say, if he emerges, I would love to debate him. yesterday, in an interview, Donald Trump even had the nerve to make an outrageous comment about one of his fellow candidate's looks, so I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm not really willing to give Donald Trump credit for very credible, substantive beliefs.

3. J. K. Rowling:

   You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

4. Alcee Hastings:

   I love Texans, but I do not like their policy makers who are in the majority, the simple fact of the matter is, evidently, I touched a nerve deep in the heart of Texas. And I would ask them to tie a yellow rose around it and do like 'Frozen' and 'Let it go.'.

5. Jason Silva:

   Curiosity and wonderment are a big part of the human condition, but often as we ‘grow up’ we tend to lose this connection to the wonder of it all, i often explore big ideas in my series Shots of Awe to wake people up, and I think bringing this sensibility to an actual baby's wonderstruck face struck a nerve... I'm thrilled.

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