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

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Gumption as a Noun
Definitions of "Gumption" as a noun
Synonyms of "Gumption" as a noun (17 Words)
Usage Examples of "Gumption" as a noun
Associations of "Gumption" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Gumption” are: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, common sense, good sense, horse sense, mother wit, sense, initiative, resourcefulness, enterprise, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness

Gumption as a Noun

Definitions of "Gumption" as a noun

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

Shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness.
Sound practical judgment.
Fortitude and determination.

Synonyms of "Gumption" as a noun (17 Words)

backbone	Strength of character. Prickles of sweat broke out along her backbone.
common sense	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
enterprise	Readiness to embark on bold new ventures. Success came quickly thanks to a mixture of talent enterprise* and luck.*
good sense	That which is pleasing or valuable or useful.
grit	A coarse sandstone. Layers of impervious shales and grits.
guts	A strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery. He didn t have the guts* to try it.*
horse sense	Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.
imagination	The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Her story captured the public s imagination.
imaginativeness	The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses.
ingenuity	The quality of being clever, original, and inventive. The ingenuity* of Haydn s scoring.*
initiative	Readiness to embark on bold new ventures. A Middle East peace initiative.
inventiveness	The power of creative imagination. The inventiveness* of the staging.*
mother wit	A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation.
moxie	Fortitude and determination. When you ve got the moxie* you need the clothes to match.*
resourcefulness	The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems. A man of great resourcefulness.
sand	A stratum of sandstone or compacted sand. Britain s soils are mixtures of sands silts and clays.
sense	Relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides complementary to an antisense sequence. She had the sense* of being a political outsider.*

Usage Examples of "Gumption" as a noun

The president would hire almost any young man who had the gumption to ask for a job.

Associations of "Gumption" (30 Words)

ability	Possession of the means or skill to do something. A man of exceptional ability.
aptitude	Inherent ability. The aptitude* of this society to assimilate new elements.*
aptness	Appropriateness for the occasion. The aptness* of iron to rust.*
brawn	Meat from a pig’s or calf’s head that is cooked and pressed in a pot with jelly. A slice of brawn.
capability	The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment. Their nuclear weapons capability.
capacity	Capability to perform or produce. The capacity* of the freezer is 1 1 cubic feet.*
competence	The legal authority of a court or other body to deal with a particular matter. The players displayed varying degrees of competence.
craftsmanship	Skill in a particular craft. A piece of fine craftsmanship.
deftness	Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.
draftsmanship	The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.
extrasensory	Seemingly outside normal sensory channels.
faculty	The members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively. The law faculty.
finesse	(in bridge and whist) an attempt to win a trick with a card that is not a certain winner, typically by playing it as the third card in a trick in the hope that any card that could beat it is in the hand of the opponent who has already played. Clients want advice and action that calls for considerable finesse.
flair	A special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well. None of us had much artistic flair.
instinctive	(of a person) doing or being a specified thing apparently naturally or automatically. He was an instinctive* cook.*
intelligence	A person or being with the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. The gathering of intelligence.
judgement	The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event. They make subjective judgements about children s skills.
knack	A tendency to do something. He had a special knack* for getting into trouble.*
possess	Have possession of as distinct from ownership. He did not possess* a sense of humour.*
potentiality	Latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness. There is concern over the potentiality* of violence.*
potentially	With a possibility of becoming actual. A potentially* dangerous situation.*
proficiency	Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity. He demonstrated his proficiency* in Chinese.*
sagacious	Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd. An astute and sagacious* statesman.*
sapience	Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight.
sense	Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. A keen musical sense.
sentience	The readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness. Gave sentience* to slugs and newts.*
stenography	A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system.
suitability	The quality of being right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation. Her superiors had doubts about her suitability* for the job.*
tact	Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense. The inspector broke the news to me with tact* and consideration.*
talent	People possessing natural aptitude or skill. She displayed a talent* for garden design.*