I had a lot of gumption when I was young, but now it seems to have all petered out.
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Gumption
//ˈɡʌmpʃən//
Synonyms for "gumption" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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3 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
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9 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- здрав разум noun (common sense, initiative)
- практичност noun (common sense, initiative)
- предприемчивост noun (boldness of enterprise)
Chinese
1 entries- 進取心 /进取心 noun (boldness of enterprise)
Czech
4 entries- chytrost noun (common sense, initiative)
- důvtip noun (common sense, initiative)
- filip noun (common sense, initiative)
- kuráž noun (boldness of enterprise)
Dutch
3 entries- gewiekstheid noun (common sense, initiative)
- levenslust noun (energy of body and mind)
- ondernemerszin noun (boldness of enterprise)
German
4 entries- Biss noun (boldness of enterprise)
- Durchhaltevermögen noun (boldness of enterprise)
- Enthusiasmus noun (energy of body and mind)
- Grips noun (common sense, initiative)
Italian
4 entries- arguzia noun (common sense, initiative)
- capacità noun (common sense, initiative)
- iniziativa noun (common sense, initiative)
- intraprendenza noun (common sense, initiative)
Macedonian
4 entries- досе́тливост noun (common sense, initiative)
- здрав ра́зум noun (common sense, initiative)
- одушеву́вање noun (energy of body and mind)
- претприе́мчивост noun (boldness of enterprise)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bondevett noun (common sense, initiative)
- sunn fornuft noun (common sense, initiative)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väanämungsjeist noun (common sense, initiative)
Polish
4 entries- entuzjazm noun (energy of body and mind)
- inicjatywa noun (boldness of enterprise)
- odwaga noun (boldness of enterprise)
- rozsądek noun (common sense, initiative)
Portuguese
4 entries- bom senso noun (common sense, initiative)
- coragem noun (boldness of enterprise)
- entusiasmo noun (energy of body and mind)
- iniciativa noun (boldness of enterprise)
Russian
1 entries- находчивость noun (common sense, initiative)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- dovitljivost noun (common sense, initiative)
- elan noun (energy of body and mind)
- poduzetnost noun (boldness of enterprise)
Spanish
4 entries- caletre noun (common sense, initiative)
- coraje noun (boldness of enterprise)
- entusiasmo noun (energy of body and mind)
- iniciativa noun (boldness of enterprise)
Swedish
3 entries- framåtanda noun (boldness of enterprise)
- företagsamhet noun (boldness of enterprise)
- sunt förnuft noun (common sense, initiative)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He had the gumption to take my car without asking.
Source: tatoeba (757606)
Thomas says Donnell himself is a sensible, hard-working man, but he hadn't much gumption when he picked out a wife, that's what.
Source: tatoeba (7917431)
I admire your gumption.
Source: tatoeba (10737866)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.