Synonyms for nerve
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1. 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, spunk

2. heart, 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, middle

3. boldness, 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, impertinence

4. steel, nerve(verb)

   get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   steel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nerve

   Synonyms:
   strength, firmness, resolution

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nerve(n.)

   Synonyms:
   strength, power, force

2. nerve(n.)

   Synonyms:
   courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood, manhood

3. nerve(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nerve(n)

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

2. nerve(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, internuncial

3. nerve(v)

   Synonyms:
   brace, strengthen, fortify, invigorate, energize

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   neurotoxic, nervous, courage, jumpy, neural, nervosa, toupee, audacity, gall, cheek, butt, pellet, cap, temper, chord

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How to use nerve in a sentence?

1. George Osborne:

   If our country doesn't bring the deficit down, the deficit could bring our country down, that's why, for the economic security of every family in Britain, the worst thing we could do now as a country is lose our nerve.

2. Maisie Williams:

   The transition from Game of Thrones where I'm a small piece in a big puzzle, to something where you're taking the lead was very nerve-wracking, the role I play in 'The Falling,' Lydia, was a character that I wanted to show other people that I could do. I had to leave it at home, the nerves of carrying the film, and actually prove to people that I have more confidence in it.

3. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Human brain provides us an amazing example of organizational teamwork. You see, the left and right halves of human brain do function slightly differently, and yet they don't work independently or in an isolation or even in a never-ending competition as the myth goes. The two halves always work seamlessly together as a unique system; offering a perfect teamwork between the logical and the intuitive, between the analytical and the creative. The Corpus Callosum, the main nerve bundle or the white matter that joins the two halves, facilitates and synergistically coordinates the communication between these different parts of the brain to ensure the effective functioning of human body. In my view, this is a classic example of teamwork and coordination, created by none other than the Supreme Power to enlighten us.

4. Whistler family:

   Ella Whistler underwent emergency, life-saving surgery after being airlifted … and Ella Whistler injuries include collapsed lungs ; a broken jaw, clavicle, multiple neck vertebras, and ribs ; a severed vertebral vein ; significant nerve damage ; and numerous related injuries.

5. Josiah Gilbert Holland:

   Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,

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