Synonyms of the word

nerve

• n. (zoology) A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
• n. (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
• n. (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
• n. Courage, boldness.
• n. Patience.
• n. Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
• n. Audacity, gall.
• n. (in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
• n. (obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
• v. (transitive) To give courage.
• v. (transitive) To give strength.

aggressiveness

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.
• n. (uncountable) The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being aggressive.

boldness

• n. The state of being bold; courage.
• n. presumptuousness.
• n. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

brass

• n. (uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
• n. (countable, music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations…
• n. Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been…
• n. (uncountable) The colour of brass.
• n. (uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, military, metonymically) High-ranking officers.
• n. (uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude.
• n. (slang, dated) Money.
• n. Inferior composition.
• adj. Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
• adj. Of the colour of brass.
• adj. (informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
• adj. (slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
• adj. Of inferior composition.
• v. to coat with brass.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Brass in pocket; money.
• n. (countable, slang) A brass nail; a prostitute.
• adj. (slang) Brass monkey; cold.

braveness

• n. The characteristic of being brave.

bravery

• n. (usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
• n. (countable) A brave act.
• n. Splendor, magnificence.

cheek

• n. (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the…
• n. (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) A buttock.
• n. (informal, uncountable) Impudence.
• n. (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
• n. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar…
• n. (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
• n. (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal…
• v. To be impudent towards.

courage

• n. The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious…
• n. The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
• v. (obsolete) To encourage.

courageousness

• n. the state of being courageous.

face

• n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
• n. One's facial expression.
• n. The public image; outward appearance.
• n. The frontal aspect of something.
• n. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
• n. The directed force of something.
• n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
• n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
• n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
• n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces…
• n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
• n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
• n. (slang) The mouth.
• n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
• n. (slang, professional wrestling) Short for baby face. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic…
• n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
• n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
• n. (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same…
• n. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
• n. (typography) A typeface.
• n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
• n. (computing) An interface.
• n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
• v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to…
• v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
• v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opponent.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
• v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
• v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
• v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
• v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception,…
• v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting,…

fascicle

• n. A bundle or cluster.
• n. (anatomy) A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
• n. (botany) A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
• n. (botany) A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
• n. A discrete section of a book issued or published separately.

fasciculus

• n. (anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
• n. One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.

heart

• n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of…
• n. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
• n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage,…
• n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
• n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
• n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
• n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
• n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
• n. The centre, essence, or core.
• v. (transitive, poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
• v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce…

mettle

• n. A quality of endurance and courage.
• n. Good temperament and character.
• n. (obsolete) Metal; a metallic substance.

poise

• n. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
• n. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
• n. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
• n. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• n. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
• n. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
• n. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
• n. (physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
• v. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
• v. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
• v. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
• v. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
• v. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
• v. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
• v. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
• v. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

spunk

• n. (countable, obsolete) A spark.
• n. (uncountable) Touchwood; tinder.
• n. (countable, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
• n. (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
• n. (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person (normally male).
• n. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, vulgar, slang) Semen.
• v. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

steel

• n. (uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used…
• n. (countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including.
• n. (uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually)…
• n. (countable) Varieties of this metal.
• n. (uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray.
• adj. Made of steel.
• adj. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
• adj. (business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
• adj. (medicine, obsolete) Containing steel.
• adj. (printing) Engraved on steel.
• v. (transitive) To edge, cover, or point with steel.
• v. (transitive) To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, of mirrors) To back with steel.
• v. (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
• v. (transitive, dialectal) To press with a flat iron.
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
• v. (transitive) To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
• v. (transitive) To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
• v. (transitive) To sharpen with a honing steel.
• p.n. (Britain, crime, slang, obsolete) Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.