nerve end

Questions about nerve end

What is another word for nerve end?

It depends which nerve end you mean. In the sense “the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse”, the synonyms are nerve ending. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of nerve end?

WordNet records no antonym for nerve end. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for nerve end come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of nerve end

• Full entry for nerve endAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for nerve endWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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