You have a lot of nerve!
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Nerve
//nɝv//
Synonyms for "nerve" (285 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (86)
Related words (142)
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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4 entriesat location
10 entriesderived
174 entriesShowing 16 of 174 words.
has context
4 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
10 entriesmeronym
1 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
used for
7 entriesTranslations
223 translations across 99 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νεῦρον noun (bundle of neurons)
Arabic
2 entries- عصب noun (bundle of neurons)
- عَصَب noun (bundle of neurons)
Armenian
3 entries- նյարդ noun (bundle of neurons)
- ջիղ noun (bundle of neurons)
- քաջություն noun (courage, boldness)
Assamese
1 entries- স্নায়ু noun (bundle of neurons)
Asturian
1 entries- nerviu noun (bundle of neurons)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- sinir noun (bundle of neurons)
- əsəb noun (bundle of neurons)
- سڭیر noun (bundle of neurons)
Basque
2 entries- nerbio noun (bundle of neurons)
- zain noun (bundle of neurons)
Belarusian
3 entries- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
- нэ́рва noun (bundle of neurons)
- нэрв noun (bundle of neurons)
Bengali
1 entries- স্নায়ু noun (bundle of neurons)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дъ́рзост noun (audacity)
- жи́лка noun (botany: vein; grain in wood)
- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
- хладнокръ́вие noun (patience)
Burmese
1 entries- အာရုံကြော noun (bundle of neurons)
Catalan
4 entries- barra noun (audacity)
- nervi noun (bundle of neurons)
- nervi noun (colloquial: neuron)
- nervis noun (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەی noun (bundle of neurons)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 神經 /神经 noun (bundle of neurons)
Czech
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Danish
1 entries- nerve noun (bundle of neurons)
Dutch
4 entries- durf noun (courage, boldness)
- geduld noun (patience)
- geduld noun (stamina)
- lef noun (courage, boldness)
Elfdalian
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Esperanto
2 entries- nervo noun (bundle of neurons)
- nervoj noun (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)
Estonian
1 entries- närv noun (bundle of neurons)
Faroese
2 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
- nerva noun (bundle of neurons)
Finnish
4 entries- hermo noun (bundle of neurons)
- hermo noun (colloquial: neuron)
- hermostuneisuus noun (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)
- hermot noun (patience)
French
4 entries- cran noun (audacity)
- culot noun (audacity)
- nerf noun (bundle of neurons)
- nerf noun (stamina)
Galician
1 entries- nervio noun (bundle of neurons)
Georgian
1 entries- ნერვი noun (bundle of neurons)
German
4 entries- Nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
- Nerv noun (colloquial: neuron)
- Nerv noun (courage, boldness)
- Nerv noun (patience)
Greek
1 entries- νεύρο noun (bundle of neurons)
Greenlandic
1 entries- sianiut noun (bundle of neurons)
Gujarati
2 entries- ચેતાતંતુ noun (bundle of neurons)
- જ્ઞાનતંતુ noun (bundle of neurons)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- nè noun (bundle of neurons)
Hebrew
2 entries- עֲצַבִּים noun (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)
- עָצָב noun (bundle of neurons)
Hindi
2 entries- तंत्रिका noun (bundle of neurons)
- नस noun (bundle of neurons)
Hungarian
4 entries- ideg noun (bundle of neurons)
- pofa noun (audacity)
- türelem noun (patience)
- állóképesség noun (stamina)
Icelandic
1 entries- taug noun (bundle of neurons)
Indonesian
1 entries- saraf noun (bundle of neurons)
Ingrian
1 entries- nerva noun (bundle of neurons)
Irish
1 entries- néaróg noun (bundle of neurons)
Italian
4 entries- coraggio noun (courage, boldness)
- faccia tosta noun (audacity)
- nervatura noun (botany: vein; grain in wood)
- nervi noun (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)
Japanese
1 entries- 神経 noun (bundle of neurons)
Javanese
1 entries- urat noun (bundle of neurons)
Kazakh
1 entries- жүйке noun (bundle of neurons)
Khmer
2 entries- ប្រសាទ noun (bundle of neurons)
- សរសៃ noun (bundle of neurons)
Korean
1 entries- 신경 noun (bundle of neurons)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
Lao
2 entries- ປະສາດ noun (bundle of neurons)
- ເສັ້ນປະສາດ noun (bundle of neurons)
Latin
1 entries- nervus noun (bundle of neurons)
Latvian
1 entries- nervs noun (bundle of neurons)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nervas noun (bundle of neurons)
Low German
1 entries- Nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Macedonian
1 entries- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
Malay
1 entries- saraf noun (bundle of neurons)
Maltese
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Middle English
1 entries- nerve noun (bundle of neurons)
Mongolian
2 entries- мэдрэл noun (bundle of neurons)
- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
Māori
2 entries- akaaka noun (bundle of neurons)
- io noun (bundle of neurons)
Navajo
1 entries- atsʼoos noun (bundle of neurons)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- demar noun (bundle of neurons)
Northern Sami
1 entries- nearva noun (bundle of neurons)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nerve noun (bundle of neurons)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nerve noun (bundle of neurons)
Old English
1 entries- wealdweaxa noun (bundle of neurons)
Old French
1 entries- nerf noun (bundle of neurons)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سڭیر noun (bundle of neurons)
- عصب noun (bundle of neurons)
Pashto
1 entries- عَصَب noun (bundle of neurons)
Persian
1 entries- عَصَب noun (bundle of neurons)
Piedmontese
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Narf noun (bundle of neurons)
Polish
4 entries- bezczelność noun (audacity)
- czelność noun (audacity)
- czelność noun (audacity)
- nerw noun (bundle of neurons)
Portuguese
2 entries- nervo noun (bundle of neurons)
- nervura noun (botany: vein; grain in wood)
Romanian
4 entries- curaj noun (courage, boldness)
- insolență noun (audacity)
- nerușinare noun (audacity)
- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Romansch
1 entries- gnerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Russian
4 entries- вы́держка noun (patience)
- му́жество noun (courage, boldness)
- на́глость noun (audacity)
- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
Sanskrit
2 entries- नाडी noun (bundle of neurons)
- स्नायु noun (bundle of neurons)
Santali
1 entries- ᱥᱤᱨ noun (bundle of neurons)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nȅrv noun (bundle of neurons)
- žìvac noun (bundle of neurons)
- жѝвац noun (bundle of neurons)
- не̏рв noun (bundle of neurons)
Slovak
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Slovene
1 entries- živec noun (bundle of neurons)
Spanish
4 entries- coraje noun (courage, boldness)
- descaro noun (audacity)
- frescura noun (audacity)
- nervio noun (bundle of neurons)
Swahili
1 entries- neva noun (bundle of neurons)
Swedish
4 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
- nerv noun (colloquial: neuron)
- nerver noun (patience)
- nervig noun (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)
Tagalog
4 entries- dagandam noun (bundle of neurons)
- kagitingan noun (courage, boldness)
- kapal noun (audacity)
- kapal ng mukha noun (audacity)
Tajik
1 entries- асаб noun (bundle of neurons)
Tamil
1 entries- நரம்பு noun (bundle of neurons)
Tatar
1 entries- сеңер noun (bundle of neurons)
Telugu
1 entries- నరము noun (bundle of neurons)
Thai
2 entries- ประสาท noun (bundle of neurons)
- เส้นประสาท noun (bundle of neurons)
Turkish
1 entries- sinir noun (bundle of neurons)
Turkmen
1 entries- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нерв noun (bundle of neurons)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nerw noun (bundle of neurons)
Urdu
1 entries- عَصَب noun (bundle of neurons)
Uyghur
1 entries- نېرۋا noun (bundle of neurons)
Uzbek
2 entries- asab noun (bundle of neurons)
- nerv noun (bundle of neurons)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thần kinh noun (bundle of neurons)
Volapük
1 entries- nev noun (bundle of neurons)
Welsh
1 entries- nerf noun (bundle of neurons)
Yiddish
2 entries- חוצפּה noun (courage, boldness)
- נערוו noun (bundle of neurons)
Sample sentences
43 total sentences available.
What a nerve!
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You've got a nerve to say such a thing!
Source: tatoeba (41600)
His nerve failed him at the last moment.
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