nerves

The word “nerves” has 1 syllable: nerves

It's pronounced as /nɝːvz/


What is synonym and antonym for nerves?

In the thesaurus, “nerves” has 62 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nerves along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nerves

  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • arms
  • bolsters
  • boosts
  • braces
  • butterflies
  • buttresses
  • cold sweat
  • comforts
  • creeps
  • dither
  • edginess
  • emboldens
  • encourages
  • enforces
  • fear
  • fidgets
  • forearms
  • fortifies
  • frazzle
  • fretfulness
  • goose bumps
  • hardens
  • heartens
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hysteria
  • imbalance
  • inspires
  • inures
  • irritation
  • jimjams
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • nervous breakdown
  • nervousness
  • neurasthenia
  • poises
  • rallies
  • readies
  • reenforces
  • reinforces
  • rouses
  • screaming meemies
  • seasons
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • sleeplessness
  • steels
  • stirs
  • strain
  • strengthens
  • stress
  • supports
  • sustains
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • toughens
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies

Antonyms for nerves

  • aplomb
  • calm
  • calmness
  • composure
  • coolness
  • daunts
  • debilitates
  • demoralizes
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dispirits
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • equanimity
  • imperturbability
  • prostrates
  • relaxation
  • saps
  • self-possession
  • shakes
  • softens
  • tires
  • tranquility
  • tranquillity
  • undercuts
  • undermines
  • unnerves
  • weakens

Meanings of nerves

  • noun
    1. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
    2. A neuron.
    3. A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
    4. Courage, boldness.
    5. Patience.
    6. Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
    7. Audacity, gall.
    8. (polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
    9. (in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
    10. Sinew, tendon.
  • verb
    1. To give courage.
    2. To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.

Example Sentences

  • She tried to calm her nerves before stepping onto the stage.
  • The sudden loud noise frayed his nerves completely.
  • Deep breathing exercises helped ease her nerves during the interview.
  • The horror movie was so intense that it left everyone’s nerves on edge.
  • He needed a moment to gather his nerves before delivering the speech.

On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nerves, such as: agitation, anxiety, aplomb, arms, bolsters, boosts, braces.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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ballyrags

  • affrights
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  • strong-arms
  • terrifies
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  • trash-talks
  • unmans
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  • upsets

concerns

  • abashes
  • affairs
  • affects
  • agencies
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • ails
  • alarms
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  • angers
  • annoys
  • associations
  • balls in air
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  • chivies
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  • cites
  • combines
  • commerce
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  • confounds
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  • covers
  • daunts
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  • demoralizes
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  • hagrides
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  • has to do with
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  • implicates
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  • irks
  • irons in fire
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  • multinationals
  • names
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  • nonplusses
  • notes
  • notices
  • offers
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  • peeves
  • perturbs
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  • piques
  • plagues
  • presents
  • proceedings
  • puts off
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  • quotes
  • rattles
  • riles
  • ropes
  • sale
  • shakes up
  • specifies
  • strings
  • syndicates
  • things
  • touches
  • trade
  • traffic
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  • truck
  • trusts
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unnerves
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • weirds out
  • wire pulling
  • wires
  • worries

dashes

  • accelerates
  • afflicts
  • agitates
  • ails
  • arrows
  • barrels
  • bathes
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  • cannonballs
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  • catapults
  • catches up
  • chases
  • chucks
  • concerns
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  • darts
  • daunts
  • dejects
  • demoralizes
  • depresses
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  • discomposes
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dismays
  • dispirits
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drenches
  • drives
  • drowns
  • ejects
  • exercises
  • fast-forwards
  • fires
  • flies
  • flings
  • flips
  • flits
  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • gets down
  • guns
  • hares
  • hastens
  • heaves
  • hies
  • highballs
  • hooks
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • impels
  • impregnates
  • jets
  • jogs
  • jumps
  • laps
  • launches
  • leaps
  • lets fly
  • lobs
  • lofts
  • lopes
  • makes tracks
  • motors
  • nips
  • oppresses
  • outpaces
  • outruns
  • outstrips
  • overtakes
  • passes
  • patters
  • pegs
  • pelts
  • perturbs
  • pitches
  • plashes
  • precipitates
  • projects
  • propels
  • quickens
  • races
  • rams
  • rifles
  • rips
  • rockets
  • rolls
  • runs
  • rushes
  • rustles
  • saddens
  • saturates
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shags
  • shakes a leg
  • shoots
  • skips
  • slings
  • slops
  • sloshes
  • slushes
  • soaks
  • sops
  • souses
  • spatters
  • speeds
  • splashes
  • splatters
  • sprays
  • springs
  • sprinkles
  • sprints
  • spritzes
  • squirts
  • stampedes
  • steeps
  • steps
  • steps on it
  • steps out
  • streaks
  • swashes
  • tears
  • throws
  • thrusts
  • torments
  • tortures
  • tosses
  • travels
  • trips
  • trots
  • troubles
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unnerves
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • washes
  • waters
  • weighs down
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • worries
  • zips
  • zooms

daunts

  • afflicts
  • bothers
  • browbeats
  • bullies
  • chills
  • cows
  • dampens
  • damps
  • deadens
  • debilitates
  • demoralizes
  • depresses
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dismays
  • dispirits
  • distresses
  • enfeebles
  • frightens
  • frustrates
  • horrifies
  • intimidates
  • irks
  • saddens
  • scares
  • throws cold water on
  • tries
  • troubles
  • undermines
  • unmans
  • unnerves
  • vexes
  • weakens
  • weighs
  • worries

edginess

  • activity
  • agita
  • agitation
  • ailment
  • anger
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • ants
  • ants in pants
  • antsiness
  • anxiety
  • anxiousness
  • apprehension
  • apprehensiveness
  • avidity
  • bad feeling
  • brunt
  • bustle
  • butterflies
  • concern
  • discomfort
  • disquiet
  • disquietude
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • eagerness
  • excitability
  • excitement
  • expectancy
  • ferment
  • feverishness
  • fidgetiness
  • fidgets
  • fitfulness
  • flightiness
  • franticness
  • freneticism
  • fretfulness
  • hand-wringing
  • haste
  • hastiness
  • heat
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hostility
  • hurry
  • impetuosity
  • inconstancy
  • inquietude
  • insomnia
  • instability
  • intolerance
  • irritability
  • irritableness
  • jimjams
  • jitteriness
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • jumps
  • movement
  • nail-biting
  • nerves
  • nervousness
  • perturbation
  • pins and needles
  • pressure
  • quick temper
  • rashness
  • restiveness
  • restlessness
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • shortness
  • skittishness
  • snappiness
  • strain
  • suspense
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • transience
  • trepidation
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • unease
  • uneasiness
  • unrest
  • unsettledness
  • upset
  • vehemence
  • violence
  • willies
  • worriedness
  • worriment
  • worry

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