nerves

Other forms of nerves

plural

nerveses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nerves

What does nerves mean?

nerves means "an uneasy psychological state". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nerves?

nerves has 1 syllable: nerves. In IPA it is /ˈnɝvz/.

What is another word for nerves?

Close synonyms include nervousness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nerves a common word?

nerves is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.