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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?
Both should expect to face withering criticism in the days ahead since this story touches a nerve, especially for parents without the means to pay their kids' way into prestigious schools, expect this topic to dog Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin since the nature of the sting operation reveals famous, rich and powerful people apparently playing by a different set of rules than everyone else.
There are people who've said a lot of things, but I'm not reading what they are saying, we hit a nerve.
Kids with Down syndrome are already at a disadvantage, as far as speech is concerned, they already have speech delays — so to add hearing loss to that, the odds are stacked against Ashley Davis. Tonya Nussbaum, an audiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, said Sarah Grace Davis has conductive hearing loss stemming from structural problems with Sarah Grace Davis ear. The hearing nerve is working fine.
The reaction was overwhelming, it struck a nerve with a lot of people.
Watching him attack it day in and day out, it was unbelievable, it was nerve-racking for me at times. I'd be in there getting ready for practice or something and he's starting to jump rope for the first time and I know how far out of surgery he is.
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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