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. Nick Hague:

   It's nerve wracking. All the emotions that are going to be kind of coursing through me, you're leaving family for an extended period of time, so it can be stressful.

2. Brian Sigley:

   If you've got the nerve and the gumption to put a piece out like that, you feel like you don't owe anybody anything at that point.

3. Tijion Esho:

   Even if it is non-surgical, the possible repercussions can include nerve damage, bruising and infection. It’s not about who injects it, but about who can deal with the consequences. People can call themselves cosmetic surgeons, and – unlike plastic surgeons – it doesn’t really mean anything.

4. State Rep. Mike Johnson:

   It’s really hit a nerve, people have had enough.

5. John Ratey:

   When you move, you stimulate all the nerve cells that we use to think with, and when you stimulate those nerve cells, it gets them ready to do stuff.