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Synonyms for nerve
nɜrvnerve
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
nerve, nervusnoun
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, 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, middleboldness, 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, impertinencesteel, nerveverb
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Synonyms:
steel
Dictionary of English Synonymes
nervenoun
nervenoun
Synonyms:
courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood, manhoodnerveverb
Synonyms:
strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
nervenoun
Synonyms:
(Slang) boldness, audacity, presumption, effrontery, courage, assurancenervenoun
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, internuncialnerveverb
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?
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.
Right here, there’s a lot of scar tissue so when I bend my finger, it actually pinches a nerve right here and then shoots pain all the way up my wrist.
If I throw a ball up in the air, the laws of gravity don't immediately have it come down. The laws of gravity mean at some point it will come down, but look, he's touched a nerve that I talked about in the very first debate. People feel like they don't have much say. They think that the rich and the special interests get everything they want. And I acknowledge that. And I tell people that, you know, I've been the antidote to that most of my lifetime.
Mr. Smocks, from the safety of his hotel room, had the nerve to call people trying to defend the Capitol that day' cowards,' he had the audacity to call the rioters' patriots.'.
This latest horrendous turn of events has only served to strengthen the resolve of our investigation team as we work to identify those responsible for this outrageous, reckless and barbaric act, they are unable to say at this moment whether or not the nerve agent found in this incident is linked to the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
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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