gumption[noun]Synonyms: resourcefulness, acumen, astuteness, common sense, enterprise, initiative, mother wit, savvy
(slang), wit(s)
Related Words: astuteness,
perspicaciousness,
perspicacity,
sagaciousness,
sagacity,
shrewdness [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
gump‧tion /ˈɡʌmpʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Perhaps from gome 'attention' (13-19 centuries), from Old Norse gaumr]
the ability and determination to decide what needs to be done and to do it:
At least she had the gumption to phone me. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲