Antonyms for gumption

Grammar : Noun

Spell : guhmp-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌmp ʃən

Definition of gumption

Origin : 1719, originally Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with Middle English gome "attention, heed," from Old Norse gaumr "heed, attention." Sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812.

noun nerve, initiative

Example sentences :

All we wanted was them needles and a little elbow-grease and gumption.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

If your father'd just had the gumption to hold out, they'd have had to pay him anything he asked.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

There's a lot of stuff in your story that wouldn't be there if you had any gumption.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

Beyond all instruments and weapons are his skill, agility, gumption, diplomacy.
Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various

Do have some gumption, Amy, and cut out the salty-tear business.
Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

He called it no better than cheating, he did not—he, Mr. Gumption.
Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope

May be you have gumption enough to know what he got for him?
Extract from : « The Ned M'Keown Stories » by William Carleton

"And nobody's had the gumption to fight 'em," said Mr. Widgeon.
Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill

She's got more ambition an' gumption than ary young one I ever knowed.
Extract from : « The Brass Bound Box » by Evelyn Raymond

It took the gumption all out of him, an' he didn't live a year.
Extract from : « The Christmas Story from David Harum » by Edward Noyes Westcott

Synonyms for gumption

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