Noun: gumption gúmp-shun
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Sound practical judgment
"gumption is not so common";
- common sense, good sense, horse sense [informal], sense, mother wit
- Fortitude and determination
"he didn't have the gumption to try it";
- backbone, grit, guts, moxie [N. Amer, informal], sand [N. Amer, informal], cojones [N. Amer]
Derived forms: gumptions
Type of: discernment, fortitude, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity
Encyclopedia: Gumption