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Synonyms for gumption
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gumption
Synonyms:
shrewdness, cleverness
Princeton's WordNet
common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother witnoun
sound practical judgment
"Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
Synonyms:
sensation, sentience, grit, sentiency, good sense, backbone, guts, common sense, sand, moxie, sense, horse sense, signified, sensory faculty, mother witbackbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumptionnoun
fortitude and determination
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
Synonyms:
mainstay, good sense, lynchpin, grit, mother wit, spine, sand, gritrock, horse sense, gritstone, spinal column, keystone, common sense, linchpin, back, backbone, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column, sense
Dictionary of English Synonymes
gumptionnoun
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] shrewdness, TACT, address, sagacity, discernment, skill, cleverness, ability, common sensegumptionnoun
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magilpgumptionnoun
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[U. s.] sweet-gum, liquid-ambar (liquid-ambar styraciflora)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
gumptionnoun
Synonyms:
shrewdness, sagacity, discernment, acumen, common sense
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#103 | back | |
#1568 | sense | |
#4278 | sand | |
#6900 | anchor | |
#9608 | spine | |
#12945 | sensation | |
#14066 | backbone | |
#14738 | keystone | |
#19903 | guts | |
#22757 | grit | |
#31770 | mainstay | |
#44866 | moxie | |
#51234 | signified | |
#69512 | cleverness | |
#87278 | chutzpah | |
#98840 | sentience | |
#109205 | gumption | |
#110039 | linchpin | |
#151922 | shrewdness | |
#181895 | rachis | |
#190974 | lynchpin |
How to use gumption in a sentence?
Butthat's clearly the message now that she's trying to send out. Look you know Joe Biden: this is a lot harder and takes a lot more gumption and a lot more work, and a lot more money and a lot more structure than you think.
When you feel as though you're isolated and alone on your fitness journey, it's often hard to keep at it with the gumption and vigor with which you started, but with a little help from some uplifting friends, whether in real life or online, you'll find yourself feeling a new level of motivation and encouragement.
It's hard to do big things. I've passed a lot of bills -- this was hard. And to do hard things, it takes a lot of grit and gumption a little grace from God.
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes -- it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
If you've got the nerve and the gumption to put a piece out like that, you feel like you don't owe anybody anything at that point.
Translations for gumption
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- النباهةArabic
- vynalézavostCzech
- gumptionDanish
- GripsGerman
- μυαλόGreek
- gumptionEsperanto
- iniciativa, entusiasmo, corajeSpanish
- گومپشنPersian
- neuvokkuusFinnish
- jugeoteFrench
- तर्कHindi
- գայթակղությու� Armenian
- kecerdasanIndonesian
- buon sensoItalian
- גאמפציהHebrew
- 進取の気性Japanese
- gumptionLatin
- ondernemerszin, levenslustDutch
- gumptionNorwegian
- sprytPolish
- entusiasmo, coragem, iniciativaPortuguese
- tupeuRomanian
- сообразительностьRussian
- gumptionSwedish
- ஊக்கம்Tamil
- גאַמפּטיאָןYiddish
- 进取心Chinese
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