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Synonyms for grit
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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"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
gritnoun
Synonyms:
firmness, resolution, courage, fortitude, spirit, determination
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#103 | back | |
#1568 | sense | |
#4278 | sand | |
#6063 | grain | |
#6900 | anchor | |
#9608 | spine | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#14066 | backbone | |
#14738 | keystone | |
#19903 | guts | |
#22757 | grit | |
#31770 | mainstay | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#44866 | moxie | |
#59741 | cran | |
#109205 | gumption | |
#110039 | linchpin | |
#181895 | rachis | |
#190974 | lynchpin |
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.
Tyler showed a lot of grit, it felt like the whole team did that. That’s who we are and that’s why we have a chance to still win the championship — the AFC North and hopefully go on from there.
We are a group that really uniquely knows that electability is self-determining and that oftentimes it's the people with the boldest vision and the most unlikely candidacies early on who can really shift the field, elizabeth Warren really has the zest and the grit and the gumption and the audacity that we loved that President Barack Obama really embodied.
Keith Richards's a pleasure to work with, much more mellow. Keith Richards's open to more ideas, whereas before I'd kind of grit my teeth and go,' Keith Richards's gon na give me some s ** t for saying this.' Now, Keith Richards'll say,' That's cool, man.'.
Hardships like this one will have a major impact on a person's grit and character. However, when she returns to Huawei, it doesn't mean that she'll be given greater responsibilities.
Translations for grit
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- مثابرةArabic
- vytrvalost, odhodlanostCzech
- graeanuWelsh
- Streu, knarren, Mut, Korn, Hafergraupen, Split, Streumittel, Splitt, Ballaststoff, Körnung, Schotter, Schneid, Schrot, Streugut, Grieß, knirschenGerman
- knariEsperanto
- grano, mote de avena, arena, avena peladaSpanish
- narskutella, peittää, pöly, puru, metallipuru, sisu, sisukkuus, karkeus, kivipöly, purra, hammas, kauraryyniFinnish
- gravillon, cran, grincerFrench
- քերելArmenian
- avena mondata, grintaItalian
- 모래Korean
- GLAREALatin
- knarsenDutch
- grusNorwegian
- piasekPolish
- scrâșniRomanian
- gritVietnamese
- 砂礫Chinese
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