About The Word Gumption
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Gumption
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What's The Definition Of Gumption?
[n] (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
[n] sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately shw had the sense to run away" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gumption: backbone | common sense | good sense | grit | guts | horse sense | mother wit | moxie | sand | sense Related Terms | Find terms related to Gumption: adventuresomeness | adventurousness | aggression | aggressiveness | ambitiousness | astuteness | audacity | backbone | balls | boldness | bottle | brains | cleverness | common sense | courage | daring | drive | dynamism | energy | enterprise | enterprisingness | force | forcefulness | gameness | getup | get-up-and-get | get-up-and-go | go | go-ahead | go-getting | good sense | go-to-itiveness | grit | guts | horse sense | hustle | initiative | judgement | judgment | mettle | mother wit | moxie | nerve | nous | perspicaciousness | perspicacity | pluck | push | pushfulness | pushiness | pushingness | resourcefulness | sagaciousness | sagacity | shrewdness | spirit | spunk | stamina | up-and-comingness | venturesomeness | venturousness | vigor | wisdom See Also | discernment | fortitude | judgement | judgment | logic | nous | road sense | sagaciousness | sagacity Gumption In Webster's Dictionary \Gump"tion\, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS.
ge['o]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean
to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
One does not have gumption till one has been properly
cheated. --Lord Lytton.
2. (Paint.)
(a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
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