Definition for Grit:

• ( informal) fortitude and determination; " he didn't have the guts to try it"

Synonyms for Grit:

• n.

  •
  • clod,
  • gravel,
  • mud,
  • clay.
  •
  • drive,
  • aspiration,
  • ambition,
  • motivation,
  • energy,
  • dynamism.
  •backbone (noun)
  • re solutions,
  • re solve,
  • re solution,
  • re-solution,
  • re-solve,
  • re-solutions,
  • re-solves,
  • re solves.
  •bravery (noun)
  • hardiness,
  • indomitability,
  • valor,
  • fearlessness.
  •confidence (noun)
  • selfpossession,
  • self reliance,
  • selfreliance,
  • faith oneself,
  • self possession.
  •courage (noun)
  • intrepidity,
  • dauntlessness,
  • spunkiness,
  • pluckiness,
  • undauntedness,
  • valiance,
  • moxie,
  • stoutheartedness,
  • recklessness,
  • Bravura,
  • Braveness,
  • pugnacity,
  • lion-heartedness,
  • gutsiness,
  • lionheartedness,
  • intrepidness,
  • gameness.
  •courage, determination (noun)
  • resolution,
  • hardihood,
  • doggedness,
  • intestinal fortitude,
  • steadfastness,
  • spine.
  •daring (noun)
  • brassinesses,
  • cockinesses.
  •decision (noun)
  • obstinances,
  • purposivenesses,
  • will powers,
  • iron wills.
  •determination (noun)
  • stiff upper lips,
  • de termination,
  • single mindednesses,
  • dogmatisms,
  • firm ness,
  • de terminations,
  • de-terminations,
  • selfconfidence,
  • firm-nesses,
  • single-mindednesses,
  • in dependence,
  • in-dependence,
  • self confidence,
  • single mindedness,
  • de-termination,
  • singlemindednesses,
  • in dependences,
  • in-dependences,
  • firm nesses.
  •durability (noun)
  • Durableness,
  • lastingness,
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • imperishabilities,
  • imperishability,
  • hard as nails,
  • starch.
  •dust (noun)
  • smut,
  • gilings,
  • sands,
  • granules,
  • granule,
  • lint,
  • dust bunnies,
  • sand,
  • dust bunny,
  • loess.
  •endurance (noun)
  • with standings,
  • continuings,
  • with-standing,
  • sub mission,
  • sub missions,
  • endurings,
  • holding ups,
  • undergoings,
  • sub-missions,
  • with-standings,
  • sufferances,
  • under goings,
  • under-goings,
  • with standing,
  • forebearances,
  • withstandings,
  • under going,
  • under-going,
  • sub-mission.
  •fiber (noun)
  • Tissues,
  • woofs,
  • Cilia,
  • staples,
  • fibril,
  • tendril,
  • footlet,
  • woof,
  • fibrils,
  • tissue.
  •food (noun)
  • home cooking,
  • pap,
  • moveable feast,
  • food,
  • viand,
  • vittles,
  • victual,
  • eatables,
  • Foods,
  • cookery,
  • cookeries,
  • meals,
  • subsistence.
  •fortitude (noun)
  • what take,
  • what it take,
  • what takes,
  • true grits,
  • valorousnesses.
  •grit (noun)
  • gritstone,
  • gritrock,
  • gumption.
  •gutsiness (noun)
  • Har,
  • HARS.
  •hardihood (noun)
  • stoutness.
  •meal (noun)
  • flour.
  •mettle (noun)
  • dis positions,
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis position.
  •nap (noun)
  • out-sides,
  • out sides,
  • out side,
  • sur-face,
  • sur faces,
  • sur face.
  •pap (noun)
  • Esculent,
  • edibles.
  •patience (noun)
  • nonresistances,
  • long-sufferings,
  • yieldings,
  • long sufferings,
  • non resistance,
  • non resistances,
  • longsufferings,
  • longsuffering,
  • passivities,
  • even tempers,
  • self control,
  • longanimities,
  • non-resistances,
  • long suffering.
  •perseverance (noun)
  • abidingness,
  • survivability,
  • unfailingness,
  • indefatigability.
  •powder (noun)
  • Pulverulence,
  • talc,
  • talcs.
  •resolution (noun)
  • courageousness,
  • Headstrongness,
  • bullheadedness,
  • boldness,
  • determination,
  • faithfulness,
  • fervency,
  • tirelessness,
  • stubbornness,
  • devotion,
  • staunchness,
  • diligence,
  • Stoniness,
  • trueness,
  • heartiness,
  • decisiveness.
  •seriousness (noun)
  • gravitas.
  •soot (noun)
  • Fuliginosity.
  •spirit (noun)
  • sub stance,
  • vital sparks,
  • out-looks,
  • sub stances,
  • frame mind,
  • out look,
  • sub-stances,
  • out-look,
  • sub-stance,
  • out looks.
  •stamina (noun)
  • lustinesses,
  • power endurance.
  •staying power (noun)
  • staying-power.
  •stick-to-it-iveness (noun)
  • stick to it iveness.
  •tenacity (noun)
  • willfulness,
  • strength of purpose.
  •texture (noun)
  • texture,
  • fineness,
  • web,
  • feel,
  • pile,
  • roughness,
  • material,
  • granulation,
  • touch,
  • coarseness,
  • weave,
  • grain,
  • smoothness,
  • fabric.
  •valor (noun)
  • de-fiance,
  • de-fiances,
  • de fiance,
  • derringdo,
  • de fiances,
  • in-vincibilities,
  • derring do,
  • in-vincibility,
  • in vincibilities,
  • indomitablenesses,
  • in vincibility,
  • invincibilities.
  •willpower (noun)
  • self-discipline,
  • self-government,
  • fixities,
  • fixity.

• v.

  •contact (verb)
  • grit.
  •grind (verb)
  • gives edge to,
  • gave edge to,
  • giving edge to,
  • giving an edge to,
  • gave an edge to,
  • gives an edge to,
  • give edge to.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • peat,
  • dirt,
  • silt,
  • sludge,
  • alluvium,
  • sandstone,
  • subsoil,
  • wormcast,
  • topsoil,
  • quicksand,
  • loam,
  • potting compost,
  • potting soil,
  • earth,
  • sod.
  •
  • soil.
  •
  • turf.
  •carbon
  • soot.
  •Other relevant words:
  • game,
  • Doughtiness,
  • scatter,
  • groats,
  • marrow,
  • brassy,
  • meal,
  • vigour,
  • manfulness,
  • crumb,
  • groat,
  • enterprise,
  • concentrate,
  • iron,
  • stability,
  • strew,
  • Sozzle,
  • obduracy,
  • spinal column,
  • vigorousness,
  • cultivate,
  • aplomb,
  • obstinacy,
  • stoicism,
  • saucy,
  • bulldog courage,
  • audacity,
  • sediment,
  • burdensome,
  • vaccinate,
  • lynchpin,
  • pertinacity,
  • might,
  • spore,
  • brazen,
  • masculinity,
  • kittens,
  • difficult,
  • chafe,
  • distribute,
  • clench teeth,
  • smallness,
  • inflexibility,
  • uncompromisingness,
  • compress,
  • mother wit,
  • grow,
  • robustness,
  • get-up-and-go,
  • Qualities,
  • balls,
  • raspings,
  • back,
  • particle,
  • rigidity,
  • seed,
  • Abilities,
  • sedulousness,
  • manliness,
  • vertebral column,
  • substance,
  • good sense,
  • initiative,
  • devotedness,
  • breccia,
  • chew,
  • force,
  • PEBBLES,
  • bran,
  • obstruction,
  • derring-do,
  • tighten,
  • abrade,
  • plant,
  • Raff,
  • coolness,
  • foreign matter,
  • produce,
  • sawdust,
  • disseminate,
  • Sporule,
  • bone,
  • gall,
  • mood,
  • shameless,
  • life,
  • cumbrous,
  • steel,
  • irritate,
  • violent,
  • spread,
  • air pollution,
  • inoculate,
  • arrogant,
  • rude,
  • makings,
  • rice,
  • machismo,
  • brash,
  • firmness,
  • sharpen,
  • set on edge,
  • impediment,
  • assiduity,
  • let,
  • scrape,
  • clumsy,
  • linchpin,
  • debris,
  • perception,
  • disperse,
  • vigor,
  • Capabilities,
  • zeal,
  • smoke,
  • scrunch,
  • hitch,
  • fallout,
  • weighty,
  • grits,
  • sturdiness,
  • gut,
  • exacerbate,
  • pert,
  • cosmic dust,
  • stuff,
  • grate,
  • abrasive particles,
  • heavy,
  • attitude,
  • Scobs,
  • manhood,
  • constancy,
  • strength,
  • constrict,
  • educate,
  • mainstay,
  • crumble,
  • stone,
  • oppressive,
  • intransigence,
  • bold,
  • obstacle,
  • efflorescence,
  • obstinateness,
  • mettlesomeness,
  • bottom,
  • filth,
  • civilize,
  • adventurousness,
  • Attritus,
  • cobweb,
  • Flocculi,
  • power,
  • abrasive material,
  • LUMPS,
  • keystone,
  • arduous,
  • crumple,
  • rachis,
  • paddy,
  • common sense,
  • intent,
  • pussies,
  • ruggedness,
  • tenaciousness,
  • detritus,
  • pith,
  • obdurateness,
  • bottle,
  • slop,
  • horse sense,
  • grate on,
  • severe,
  • smudge,
  • Filings,
  • Tailings,
  • oak,
  • strength of mind,
  • virility,
  • heart,
  • flue,
  • desperation,
  • contretemps,
  • Limature,
  • creak,
  • impertinent,
  • fret,
  • shingle,
  • vim,
  • adamant,
  • attributes,
  • ingrain,
  • chutzpah,
  • whet,
  • provoke,
  • barefaced,
  • farina,
  • Knag,
  • Magistery,
  • talent,
  • stick-to-it-iveness,
  • sense,
  • valour,
  • knot,
  • grime,
  • check,
  • gallantry,
  • anchor,
  • heroism,
  • dust off,
  • squeeze,
  • stalwartness,
  • guttiness,
  • rasp,
  • indefatigableness,
  • flippant,
  • Dutch Courage.

Paraphrases for Grit:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stomach.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stamina, courage, boldness, grain, audacity, sand, nerve, bravery.

Antonyms for Grit:

• n.

  • particles of dirt
    timidity, cowardice, weakness.
  • Other antonyms:
    irresoluteness, irresolution, vacillation, indecisiveness.

Grit Sentence Examples:

• They glory in your grit, and everybody is talking about you.

• She's the one that rooms across the hall and tried to get in when they were having the time - she's got more grit than the others.

Hyponym for Grit:

• n.

  • substance
    sandstone.

• v.

  • contact
    coat, clench, surface.