Synonym: bravado, courage, daring, mettle, stamina, strength. Antonym: unnerve. Similar words: serve, serve as, reserve, observe, observer, preserve, nervous, intervention. Meaning: [nɜrv /nɜːv] 
n. 1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body 2. the courage to carry on 3. impudent aggressiveness. v. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant.
n. 1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body 2. the courage to carry on 3. impudent aggressiveness. v. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant. 
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61. It takes a lot of nerve to report a colleague for sexual harassment.
62. The Pentagon is the nerve centre of the US Armed Forces.
63. He held his nerve to beat Andre Agassi in a five-set thriller on Court One.
64. He kept his nerve to win the final set 64.
65. Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve.
66. These nerve centres generate rhythmic movements; or to be more specific, rhythmic stomach movements.
67. What a nerve! She just walked off with my radio!
68. I hit a nerve when I mentioned her dead mother.
69. 'Then she demanded to see the manager!' 'What a nerve!'
70. It took a lot of nerve to stand up and speak.
71. The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve.
72. You hit a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.
73. She's straining every nerve to get the work finished on time.
74. It's hard to keep your nerve when people keep interrupting you.
75. Surely she didn't have the nerve to say that to him?
76. I wanted to raise a question to the chairman but in a moment I lost my nerve.
77. The chemical agent, whether it be mustard gas or nerve gas,[Sentencedict] can be absorbed by the skin.
78. Perhaps his nerve is naturally too dull to admit of any excitation.
79. Lately he'd been making mistakes; his nerve was beginning to go.
80. You must find the nerve to ask for more money.
81. I wanted to ask her out, but I lost my nerve and couldn't go through with it.
82. I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said!
83. He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.
84. She touched a raw nerve when she mentioned that job he didn't get.
85. The method they pioneered remains fundamental to research into the behaviour of nerve cells.
86. She finally found the nerve to tell him she wanted a divorce.
87. That man has such a nerve! He's always blaming me for things that are his fault.
88. It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court.
89. Nerve cells, after all, do not have intelligence of their own.
90. This new policy has touched a nerve in the American body politic.
More similar words: serve, serve as, reserve, observe, observer, preserve, nervous, intervention, carve, curve, survey, harvest, service, serving, owner, surveillance, supervisor, interval, interview, runner, energy, manner, winner, mineral, trainer, planner, partner, prisoner, funeral, observation.