Noun
gumption -
sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common" ; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" ; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
common sense ,
good sense ,
horse sense ,
sense ,
mother wit
sagaciousness ,
sagacity ,
discernment ,
judgement ,
judgment the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
nous common sense; "she has great social nous"
gumption -
fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
backbone ,
grit ,
guts ,
moxie ,
sand
fortitude strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
