Synonyms for gumption
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : guhmp-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌmp ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for gumption
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for gumption
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