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.
  •pap (noun)
  • Esculent,
  • edibles.
  •particles of dirt (noun)
  • PEBBLES,
  • LUMPS,
  • foreign matter.
  •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,
  • guttiness,
  • strength of purpose,
  • obduracy.
  •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.
  •settlings
  • sediment.

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.