Synonyms for nerve
nɜrvnerve

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1. nerve

   Synonyms:
   strength, firmness, resolution

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

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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:
   strength, power, force

2. nervenoun

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

3. nerveverb

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "nerve":

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

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1. Thierry Chow:

   People born in the Rabbit year have to expect big changes health-wise, career-wise and relationship-wise. It could be a bit nerve-wracking, especially for those whose birth charts do n’t favor Water, but do remember it never is all bad. It may mean an opportunity to grow.

2. Velma Wilson:

   It's very, very scary and nerve-wracking to be facing this without a hospital, the numbers are going up, so if we do become a hotspot, managing Covid-19 would be a major concern for this area.

3. Mary Lou Marzian:

   When I put this out here, I thought, you know, I will strike a nerve because what is more sacred to men than their ability to have sexual intercourse? let's regulate that.

4. Halland Chen:

   Within 15 to 25 minutes we've frozen away the nerve and the patient will know immediately if they have good results.

5. David Lidington:

   These negotiations are at an absolutely critical time, we need to hold our nerve as a government, get behind the prime minister.