Synonyms of nerved

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adjective

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

a nerved and fearless driver of race cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• brave
• daring
• courageous
• fearless
• bold
• hardy
• venturous
• heroical
• enterprising
• venturesome
• nervy
• impulsive
• gallant
• heroic
• gutsy
• adventuresome
• dashing
• valiant
• audacious
• emboldened
• reckless
• impetuous
• foolish
• free-swinging
• dauntless
• valorous
• undaunted
• spirited
• intrepid
• imprudent
• stupid
• thoughtless
• rash
• unafraid
• overconfident
• heedless
• hotheaded
• foolhardy
• incautious
• wild
• dumb
• daredevil
• stouthearted
• stout
• spunky
• plucky
• mad
• silly
• hasty
• lionhearted
• brash
• headlong
• stalwart
• precipitate
• scatterbrained
• overbold
• madcap
• unnecessary
• insane
• unreasonable
• lunatic
• irrational
• gritty
• brainless
• absurd
• idiotic
• crazy
• asinine
• witless
• greathearted
• nutty
• harebrained
• swashbuckling
• wacky
• whacky
• moronic
• idiotical
• balmy
• gadarene
• half-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• timorous
• coward
• unenterprising
• shy
• careful
• unadventurous
• cowardly
• pusillanimous
• cautious
• craven
• wary
• prudent
• milky
• afraid
• frightened
• fearful
• startled
• terrified
• scared
• heedful
• alarmed
• affrighted
• unnerved
• overcautious
• chickenhearted
• spooked
• shocked
• lily-livered
• horrified
• calm
• poltroon
• reasonable
• rational
• milk-livered
• sane
• wise
• sensible
• sound
• upset
• terrorized
• cool
• worried
• levelheaded
• overcareful
• concerned
• fainthearted
• sage
• appalled
• dismayed

nerved

2 of 2

verb

past tense of nerve

as in braced

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally

needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• braced
• fortified
• steeled
• strengthened
• readied
• poised
• armed
• forearmed
• reinforced
• psyched (up)
• inured
• hardened
• reenforced
• comforted
• enforced
• roused
• bolstered
• sustained
• toughened
• inspired
• encouraged
• buttressed
• emboldened
• stirred
• heartened
• rallied
• seasoned
• propped (up)
• supported
• buoyed (up)
• boosted
• cheered (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shook
• discouraged
• daunted
• disheartened
• demoralized
• unnerved
• tired
• weakened
• dispirited
• softened
• undermined
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• sapped
• undercut
• prostrated
• psyched (out)
• enervated