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nerve
noun as in daring, boldness
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- assumption
- assurance
- audacity
- backbone
- brass
- bravery
- brazenness
- cheek
- chutzpah
- coolness
- crust
- effrontery
- endurance
- energy
- face
- fearlessness
- firmness
- force
- gall
- gameness
- guts
- hardihood
- hardiness
- impertinence
- impudence
- insolence
- intrepidity
- mettle
- might
- moxie
- pluck
- presumption
- resolution
- sauce
- spunk
- starch
- steadfastness
- temerity
- vigor
- will
Weak match
Example Sentences
And it was on the back nine at Augusta - where so many Masters dreams have flourished and floundered - that Woad managed to keep her nerve.
Lee needed a par on the 18th to secure victory and managed it, holding his nerve to card a 67 and finish one shot clear on 20 under.
And when cool heads were required, his team came across as a bag of nerves, all too willing to get involved in cheap spats.
You probably have a general understanding of the human brain: a network of nerve cells connected by synapses.
Getting the data needed was a delicate balance of precision and nerve and Mr Prewer was in constant communication with the pilots.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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