What are some opposite words for grit?
Antonyms for grit
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term grit.
Princeton's WordNet
grit, gritrock, gritstonenoun
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
Synonyms:
gumption, gritstone, guts, backbone, sand, moxie, gritrockbackbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumptionverb
fortitude and determination
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
Synonyms:
mainstay, good sense, lynchpin, mother wit, spine, sand, gritrock, horse sense, gritstone, spinal column, keystone, common sense, linchpin, back, backbone, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column, sensegritverb
cover with a grit
"grit roads"
gritverb
clench together
"grit one's teeth"
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
gritnoun
Synonyms:
firmness, resolution, courage, fortitude, spirit, determination
How to use grit in a sentence?
It's hard to do big things. I've passed a lot of bills -- this was hard. And to do hard things, it takes a lot of grit and gumption a little grace from God.
No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution. Every man who gets anywhere does so because he has first firmly resolved to progress in the world and then has enough stick-to-it-tiveness to transform his resolution into reality. Without resolution, no man can win any worthwhile place among his fellow men.
So many things I love about you. Your energy lights up an entire room. you're a true gentleman and you always put others first, your mindset, grit and your passion for greatness.
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes -- it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
I'm asking you to join us on this campaign. It's a homegrown one, i don't have a political machine. I don't come from money. But what I do have is this : I have grit.
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