Chutzpah

/ˈxʊts.pə/

Synonyms for "chutzpah" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

assurance backbone bottom brashness brassbrazen boldnesscheek

Noun(5 words)

audacity boldnessborrowed termbrazenness chutzpa

Strong matches (18)

crust face gall grit guts gutsiness guttiness heartheart of oakheroics hubris impertinence improvidence imprudence impudence

Noun(3 words)

daring disrespect hutzpah

Related words (29)

Noun(5 words)

impudence insolence loanword nerveyiddish loanword

indiscretion injudiciousness insolenceintestinal fortitudemettle nerve overboldness overcarelessness overconfidence oversureness overweeningness pith pluck presumption rashness spirit spunk staminastout hearttemerariousness

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temerity toughness unchariness unwariness

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More general

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attitude behaviorborrowed wordcheekiness conduct crust demeanor freshness gall impertinence impudence insolencelinguistic termpersonality trait

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6 entries

Yiddish loanwordaudacious deedbold actbrazen displayidiom borrowed from Yiddishinsolent remark

Collocations

6 entries

audacious chutzpahdisplay chutzpahflagrant chutzpahgreat chutzpahshowing chutzpahunmitigated chutzpah

Inflections

1 entries

chutzpahs

Derivations

2 entries

chutzpahic chutzpahism

Sample sentences

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I don't know whether I've got the chutzpah to try it.

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Applying for a job in computer tech support without ever having operated a computer might very well be an example of chutzpah.

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Your chutzpah never ceases to astonish me.

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That son of yours has chutzpah, I tell ya!

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