Synonyms for grit
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Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. grit, gritrock, gritstonenoun

   a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

   Synonyms:
   gumption, gritstone, guts, backbone, sand, moxie, gritrock

2. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumptionverb

   fortitude and determination

   "he didn't have the guts to try it"

   Synonyms:
   mainstay, good sense, lynchpin, mother wit, spine, sand, gritrock, horse sense, gritstone, spinal column, keystone, common sense, linchpin, back, backbone, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column, sense

3. gritverb

   cover with a grit

   "grit roads"

4. gritverb

   clench together

   "grit one's teeth"

Matched Categories

1. • Clench
   • Coat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. gritnoun

   Synonyms:
   bran

2. gritnoun

   Synonyms:
   sand, gravel, small pebbles

3. gritnoun

   Synonyms:
   gritstone, gritrock

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. gritnoun

   Synonyms:
   firmness, resolution, courage, fortitude, spirit, determination

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "grit":

   gravel, cran, spunk, grain, sand

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How to use grit in a sentence?

1. Hunter Davis:

   They are awesome and full of grit and willing to learn.

2. Jody Buckner:

   Bill fought with courage and grit as he did all things in life, our hearts are broken but we are at peace knowing he is in the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

3. Phil Schrieber:

   His [Kaiden's] persistence and grit and determination to catch the fish is what made me so proud of him, and then seeing the smile on his face was just absolutely priceless.

4. Minna Thomas Antrim:

   Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.

5. Amy Klobuchar:

   Tonight is about grit, and my story, like so many of yours, is one of resilience, i announced my candidacy in the middle of a Minnesota blizzard. And there were a lot of people that predicted I wouldn't even get through that speech, but not the people of my state, and not the people of New Hampshire. Except, then they predicted that we wouldn't make it through the summer. We did. Then they predicted we wouldn't make it to the debates and Man, were we at the debate in New Hampshire.