Gumption
noun
Courage, and creativity to solve problems or make decisions.
He showed a lot of gumption by starting his own business.
Often appears as...
- show some gumption
- lack of gumption
noun
Common sense or cleverness.
It takes gumption to be successful in business.
Often appears as...
- take gumption
- lack gumption
noun
Courage, and creativity to solve problems or make decisions.
He showed a lot of gumption by starting his own business.
Often appears as...
- show some gumption
- lack of gumption
noun
Common sense or cleverness.
It takes gumption to be successful in business.
Often appears as...
- take gumption
- lack gumption
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Active Initiative
Gumption involves taking bold, proactive steps in challenging situations.
She had the gumption to negotiate a better deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Using 'gumption' suggests admiration for someone's boldness or spirit.
Despite the risks, his gumption inspired the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Resilience
Gumption also implies the inner strength needed to persist in tough times.
Surviving the crisis took considerable gumption.
Compare with
ambitioncouragedeterminationdriveinitiativeresourcefulspunktenacity
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Freak Show Performers PIPE...
Goodwill do you want to be working for Salvation Army or do you wanna be working for yourself doing what you love with people who don't think you're a freak I think that there's enough of a stigma you know to just walk around every day and if someone has the you know the gumption or the balls I dare say to you know go up and and and do
Video examples
Freak Show Performers PIPE...
Goodwill do you want to be working for Salvation Army or do you wanna be working for yourself doing what you love with people who don't think you're a freak I think that there's enough of a stigma you know to just walk around every day and if someone has the you know the gumption or the balls I dare say to you know go up and and and do
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Quote examples
Rumaan Alam
American Author
Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been doing it for years. It takes something - guts, gumption, self-delusion - to ask for a reader's time when we all know there's nothing new under the sun; that it's all been said, or written, before.
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E. Joseph Cossman
Businessman
Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.
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Robert Reich
American Economist
The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream.
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Jessamyn West
American Author
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
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Roddy Piper
Canadian Athlete
You walk into an arena with 10,000 people and no security and everybody hating you, it takes some gumption.
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Robert M. Pirsig
American Philosopher
We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.
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Phil Donahue
American Entertainer
When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been doing it for years. It takes something - guts, gumption, self-delusion - to ask for a reader's time when we all know there's nothing new under the sun; that it's all been said, or written, before.
Quote examples
E. Joseph Cossman
Businessman
Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.
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Robert Reich
American Economist
The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream.
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Jessamyn West
American Author
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
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Roddy Piper
Canadian Athlete
You walk into an arena with 10,000 people and no security and everybody hating you, it takes some gumption.
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Robert M. Pirsig
American Philosopher
We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.
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Phil Donahue
American Entertainer
When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.
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