What are some alternative words for nerve?
Synonyms for nerve
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This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term nerve.
Princeton's WordNet
nerve, nervus(noun)
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
Synonyms:
heart, mettle, boldness, face, cheek, nervus, brass, spunkheart, mettle, nerve, spunk(noun)
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, middleboldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek(verb)
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, impertinencesteel, nerve(verb)
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Synonyms:
steel
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
nerve(n.)
nerve(n.)
Synonyms:
courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood, manhoodnerve(v. a.)
Synonyms:
strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
nerve(n)
Synonyms:
(Slang) boldness, audacity, presumption, effrontery, courage, assurancenerve(n)
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, internuncialnerve(v)
Synonyms:
brace, strengthen, fortify, invigorate, energize
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#216 | center | |
#287 | case | |
#446 | look | |
#551 | side | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#973 | face | |
#1041 | administration | |
#1070 | organization | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1488 | resolution | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#1669 | steel | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2553 | expression | |
#2618 | font | |
#2814 | strength | |
#3032 | cap | |
#3374 | organisation | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3877 | pump | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4489 | aspect | |
#4542 | establishment | |
#4580 | butt | |
#4731 | brass | |
#4897 | governance | |
#5312 | punk | |
#7366 | nervous | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#8595 | courage | |
#9695 | neural | |
#11845 | plaque | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#13523 | chord | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#14743 | cheek | |
#15988 | affection | |
#18719 | daring | |
#19215 | temper | |
#21252 | gall | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#26967 | pellet | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#35844 | audacity | |
#37283 | nervosa | |
#38111 | typeface | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#46133 | firmness | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#50545 | hardiness | |
#51703 | boldness | |
#55935 | kindling | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#66196 | buttock | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#74028 | jumpy | |
#80887 | grimace | |
#83585 | fount | |
#91785 | tinder | |
#93295 | neurotoxic | |
#99776 | toupee | |
#120619 | impudence | |
#153600 | hardihood | |
#159655 | impertinence | |
#194780 | philia | |
#218801 | touchwood | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use nerve in a sentence?
The retina is an extension of the brain, a third of your brain functions for vision and the retina lines the eyeball and travels back via an optic nerve all the way to the brain.
The greatest stunt in life is to be different by being consistent to be true to oneself, as then the blunt and upfront nature will test the nerve as how much capacity and capability he or she has to be alone and aloof in this world.
Chief Executive Officer Chet Kanojia:
A little over three years ago, the team at Aereo set out to build a better television experience for the consumer, we knew we had touched a nerve, had created something special, and had a built something meaningful for consumers.
When I was cutting it, the nerve endings, I could feel, like, the ping every time I sawed around that pipe, and all at once it went and it let me go and I got the heck out of there.
The treasury held its nerve and proved successful.
Translations for nerve
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- عصبArabic
- əsəbAzerbaijani
- нервBelarusian
- нервBulgarian
- nerviCatalan, Valencian
- nervCzech
- nerveDanish
- NervGerman
- νεύροGreek
- descaro, frescura, nervio, coraje, nerviosSpanish
- närvEstonian
- عصبPersian
- hermo, rohkeus, sisu, otsa, kärsivällisyys, röyhkeys, väristysFinnish
- toupet, culot, nerf, cran, nervureFrench
- nervioGalician
- नसHindi
- idegHungarian
- ջիղ, նյարդ, քաջությունArmenian
- sarafIndonesian
- taugIcelandic
- nervo, nervatura, faccia tosta, sfacciataggine, coraggio, nerviItalian
- 神経Japanese
- ნერვიGeorgian
- жүйкеKazakh
- សរសៃប្រសាទKhmer
- 신경, 神經Korean
- нервKyrgyz
- nervusLatin
- ເສັ້ນປະສາດLao
- nervasLithuanian
- nervsLatvian
- нервMacedonian
- мэдрэл, нервMongolian
- sarafMalay
- nervMaltese
- အာရုံကြောBurmese
- geduld, sterke zenuwen, uithoudingsvermogen, neuronenbundel, neuron, nerf, lef, verduldigheid, zenuw, zenuwknoop, durf, moed, stalen zenuwenDutch
- nerveNorwegian
- atsʼoosNavajo, Navaho
- nerwy, nerw, tupet, zuchwalstwo, bezczelność, odwaga, czelnośćPolish
- nervoPortuguese
- nerv, nervură, putere, insolență, nerușinare, nervi, curaj, răbdare, rezistență, tupeuRomanian
- нерв, мужество, выдержка, наглость, смелость, терпениеRussian
- nerv, живац, živac, нервSerbo-Croatian
- nervSlovak
- živecSlovene
- nervAlbanian
- tålamod, uthållighet, nerv, ådra, nerver, stamina, nervigSwedish
- நரம்புTamil
- నరముTelugu
- асабTajik
- เส้นประสาท, ประสาทThai
- nervTurkmen
- lakas ng loob, tapang, kapal, kagitingan, kompiyansa, kapal ng mukhaTagalog
- sinirTurkish
- сеңерTatar
- нервUkrainian
- عصبUrdu
- asabUzbek
- thần kinh, 神經Vietnamese
- nevVolapük
- נערווYiddish
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