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nerve
Synonyms and Antonyms of nerve
- you've got a lot of nerve showing up here
audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, face, gall, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
- that daring rescue took some nerve
bottle [British slang], bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, moxie, pecker [chiefly British], prowess, stoutness, valor, virtue
backbone, fiber, fortitude, grit, gumption, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, temper
determination, perseverance, resolution
endurance, stamina, stomach, tenacity
audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, cojones [slang], effrontery, gall, temerity
- a veteran performer who still gets a case of the nerves before performances
Synonym Discussion of nerve
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- had the temerity to refuse
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- an entrepreneur with audacity and vision
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- admired for her hardihood
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- outraged at his effrontery
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- the nerve of that guy
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- has the cheek to call herself a singer
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- had the gall to demand proof
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- the chutzpah needed for a career in show business
nerve
Synonyms and Antonyms of nerve
- needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow
brace, forearm, fortify, poise, psych (up), ready, steel, strengthen
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