Antonyms for grit
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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"

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1. gritnoun

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

How to use grit in a sentence?

1. Marlena Pellegrino:

   This is an enormous victory for our patients and our members, and it is a testament to the grit and determination of every nurse who walked that line, day in and day out.

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   I used my mama's grit to get through commuter college and law school.

3. Terance Mann:

   It just shows our grit, it just shows what we’ve been through the last year and a half in terms of our next-man-up mentality and it just shows what we're capable of, really.

4. Zach Gilford:

   People always think of me as the nice guy, the guy you ’d want to bring home to mom, look, I hate using the term ‘ action hero, ’ but I ’m definitely a bit more of an alpha male [ in this ]. You know, I used to lead backpacking trips in Alaska. I’ve been charged by bears. So I definitely have a little more grit to me than what most people realize.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   Joe Biden is Joe Biden and Vice President, like millions of others, I admire Joe Biden devotion to family, Joe Biden grace in grief, Joe Biden grit and determination on behalf of the middle class, and Joe Biden unyielding faith in America's promise.

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