gumption

Meanings

Noun

sound practical judgment
fortitude and determination
Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō. English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”).

Synonyms

backbone, chutzpah, common sense, good sense, grit, gumph, guts, horse sense, mother wit, moxie, sand, sense, spunk

Scrabble Score: 13

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Words With Friends Score: 18

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