'Gumption' definitions:
Definition of 'gumption'
From: WordNet
noun
Sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" [syn: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit]
noun
Definition of 'Gumption'
From: GCIDE
- Gumption \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. --Lord Lytton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Paint.) (a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott. (b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
- 3. initiative; resourcefulness. [PJC]
- 4. Courage; guts. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'gumption'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- get-up-and-get,
- get-up-and-go,
- getup,
- go,
- go-ahead,
- go-getting,
- go-to-itiveness,
- good sense,
- 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