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nerve

How many syllables in nerve?

  1 syllable

Divide nerve into syllables:   nerve
Syllable stress:   nerve
How to pronounce nerve:   nurv
How to say nerve:

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Synonyms for nerve


1 syllable
  • gall
  • pluck
2 syllables
  • boldness
  • gumption
  • valor
  • chutzpah
  • mettle
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with nerve

1 syllable
  • curve
  • d'oh
  • mirv
  • serv
  • slurve
  • verve
  • d'oeuvre
  • merv
  • MIRV
  • serve
  • swerve
2 syllables
  • conserve
  • observe
  • oeuvres
  • reserve
  • deserve
  • oeuvre
  • preserve
  • unnerve
3 syllables
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