| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daring, boldness |
Synonyms: |
assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass, bravery, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, confidence, coolness, courage, crust, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, fearlessness, firmness, force, fortitude, gall*, gameness, grit, guts*, hardihood, hardiness, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck, presumption, resolution, sauce, spirit, spunk*, starch, steadfastness, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will |
Antonyms: |
fear, modesty, shyness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, hearten |
Synonyms: |
animate, brace, cheer, embolden, encourage, enhearten, fortify, inspirit, invigorate, steel |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dishearten, fear, weaken |
| Main Entry: | arrogance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated self-opinion |
Synonyms: |
airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, priggishness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, swagger, vanity |
Antonyms: |
humility, meekness, servility |
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
Synonyms: |
brass, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceit, imperiousness, insolence, nerve, presumption, pride, sass, self-importance |
Antonyms: |
genuineness, naturalness, reality, realness |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
Synonyms: |
aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust |
Antonyms: |
confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | audacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recklessness, daring |
Synonyms: |
adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery, courage, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, rashness, valor, venturesomeness |
Antonyms: |
care, carefulness, caution, reserve, timidity |
| Main Entry: | audacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, presumptuousness |
Synonyms: |
assurance, audaciousness, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, cockiness, crust, defiance, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, gall, guts*, gutsiness, hardiness, impertinence, impudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, rudeness, shamelessness, spunk, stuff*, temerity |
Antonyms: |
gentility, humility, meekness, modesty, timidity, yielding |
| Main Entry: | backbone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of character |
Synonyms: |
courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moral fiber, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness, will, willpower |
Antonyms: |
ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | cheek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audacity, boldness |
Synonyms: |
brashness, brass, brazenness, chutzpah*, confidence, disrespect, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip, nerve*, presumption, rudeness, sauce, temerity |
Antonyms: |
humbleness, meekness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | chutzpah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fearlessness |
Synonyms: |
arrogance, audacity, backbone*, balls, boldness, brass, gall, nerve, spine |