GRIT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GRIT?

Need another word that means the same as “grit”? Find 36 synonyms and 30 related words for “grit” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Grit” are: gritrock, gritstone, backbone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand, gravel, pebbles, stones, shingle, dust, dirt, courage, courageousness, bravery, pluck, mettle, mettlesomeness, spirit, strength of character, strength of will, moral fibre, steel, nerve, gameness, valour, fortitude, toughness, hardiness, resolve, determination, resolution, clench, press together, shut tightly

Grit as a Noun

Definitions of "Grit" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grit” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.
• (with numeral) indicating the grade of fineness of an abrasive.
• A coarse sandstone.
• Courage and resolve; strength of character.
• Small loose particles of stone or sand.
• Fortitude and determination.

Synonyms of "Grit" as a noun (33 Words)

backbone	The part of a network that connects other networks together. Prickles of sweat broke out along her backbone.
bravery	Courageous behaviour or character. Perhaps I ll get a medal for bravery.
courage	A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear. He fought his illness with great courage.
courageousness	A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
determination	The process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research. The determination of grammatical inflections.
dirt	The state of being covered with unclean things. A dirt road.
dust	An act of dusting. He ground it into a fine dust.
fortitude	Courage in pain or adversity. She endured her illness with great fortitude.
gameness	Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
gravel	A mixture of gravel with coarse sand used for paths and roads and as an aggregate.
gritrock	A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.
gritstone	A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.
gumption	Fortitude and determination. The president would hire almost any young man who had the gumption to ask for a job.
guts	A narrow channel or strait. He didn t have the guts to try it.
hardiness	The ability to endure difficult conditions. The plan required great hardiness of heart.
mettle	The courage to carry on. The team showed their true mettle in the second half.
mettlesomeness	Courageous high-spiritedness.
moral fibre	The significance of a story or event.
moxie	Force of character, determination, or nerve. When you ve got the moxie you need the clothes to match.
nerve	Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. He kept his nerve and won five games in a row.
pebbles	A small smooth rounded rock.
pluck	The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food. It must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked Danger.
resolution	Computer science the number of pixels per square inch on a computer generated display the greater the resolution the better the picture. Complete remission was defined as resolution of clinical evidence of disease.
resolve	A formal resolution by a legislative body or public meeting. She received information that strengthened her resolve.
sand	A stratum of sandstone or compacted sand. No one has the sand to stand against him.
shingle	A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. A wonderful beach of fine shingle.
spirit	A supernatural being. His visitors admired his spirit and good temper.
steel	Knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod. A steel will.
stones	United States filmmaker (born in 1946.
strength of character	Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
strength of will	The property of being physically or mentally strong.
toughness	The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. The toughness of steel.
valour	The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle. The medals are awarded for acts of valour.

Usage Examples of "Grit" as a noun

• I've known few men who could match Maude's grit.
• Layers of impervious shales and grits.
• She had a bit of grit in her eye.
• 400 grit paper.

Grit as a Verb

Definitions of "Grit" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grit” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Grate.
• Clench together.
• Cover with a grit.
• Spread grit and often salt on (an icy road.

Synonyms of "Grit" as a verb (3 Words)

clench	Hold in a tight grasp. He clenched the steering wheel so hard that the car wobbled.
press together	Squeeze or press together.
shut tightly	Prevent from entering; shut out.

Usage Examples of "Grit" as a verb

• The main roads in Plymouth will be gritted from 6.30 p.m. tonight.
• Grit one's teeth.
• Grit roads.
• Fine red dust that gritted between the teeth.
• A council gritting lorry.

Associations of "Grit" (30 Words)

bit	The cutting part of a drill usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press. In just a bit.
flake	Of food come apart in flakes or thin pieces. My nails have started to flake at the ends.
fraction	A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process. Her eyes widened a fraction.
fractional	Relating to or expressed as a fraction, especially a fraction less than one. The fractional variance in mass density per unit.
fragment	Break or cause to break into fragments. Nathan remembered fragments of the conversation.
fragmentation	The disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships. The fragmentation of society into a collection of interest groups.
iota	The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), transliterated as ‘i’. Nothing she said seemed to make an iota of difference.
least	Used in names of very small animals and plants e g least shrew. Didn t care the least bit.
millstone	One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain.
modicum	A small or moderate or token amount- Ian Jack. England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists.
molecular	Relating to simple or elementary organization. Molecular oxygen.
molecule	A tiny piece of anything.
mote	A tiny piece of a substance; a speck. The tiniest mote of dust.
nibble	Eat frequently in small amounts. He nibbled a biscuit.
part	The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music. He took the part of Prospero.
partially	In part; in some degree; not wholly. He was partially paralyzed.
particle	Any of numerous subatomic constituents of the physical world that interact with each other including electrons neutrinos photons and alpha particles. Tiny particles of dust.
partly	To some extent; in some degree; not wholly. You re only partly right.
pellet	Form a substance into pellets. He had also been struck by a number of shotgun pellets.
portion	An amount of food suitable for or served to one person. She wanted the right to decide how her portion of the allowance should be spent.
rock	A mass of rock projecting above the earth s surface or out of the sea. That mountain is solid rock.
sand	Smooth or polish with sandpaper or a mechanical sander. Britain s soils are mixtures of sands silts and clays.
scintilla	A sparkling glittering particle. A scintilla of doubt.
scrap	Make into scrap or refuse. He filled Sammy s bowls with fresh water and scraps.
segment	Divide into segments. Segment an orange.
some	To some extent quite a lot. We talked for some time.
somewhat	To a moderate extent or by a moderate amount; rather. His arguments were somewhat self contradictory.
tiny	A very young child. Tiny feet.
wee	(used informally) very small. When I was just a wee bairn.