Synonyms of the word grit


GRITBACKBONE - CLENCH - COAT - FORTITUDE - GRITROCK - GRITSTONE - GUMPTION - GUTS - MOXIE - SAND - SANDSTONE - SURFACE

grit

  • n. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such…
  • n. Inedible particles in food.
  • n. A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number…
  • n. (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone,…
  • n. Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
  • v. Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
  • v. To cover with grit.
  • v. To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
  • n. (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
  • n. (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.

backbone

  • n. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down…
  • n. Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
  • n. Courage, fortitude, or strength.

clench

  • n. Tight grip.
  • n. (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
  • n. A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
  • v. To squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.
  • v. To move two parts of something against each other.

coat

  • n. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp.
  • n. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.Wp.
  • n. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp.
  • n. (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent…
  • n. (obsolete) A petticoat.
  • n. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
  • n. A coat of arms.Wp.
  • n. A coat card.
  • v. To cover with a coat of some material.
  • v. To cover as a coat.

fortitude

  • n. Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
  • n. (archaic) Physical strength.

gritrock

  • n. gritstone.

gritstone

  • n. A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.

gumption

  • n. (Britain) common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
  • n. (US) Energy of mind and body, enthusiasm.
  • n. (US) Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness, guts; spunk; initiative.

guts

  • n. plural of gut.
  • n. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
  • n. (slang) Courage; determination.
  • n. (slang) Content, substance.
  • n. (in the plural) The essential, core parts.
  • v. (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

moxie

  • n. nerve, spirit, backbone, determination and fortitude, courage, force of character.
  • n. verve, vigor, pep, energy, initiative.
  • n. wit, skill, know-how.

sand

  • n. (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally,…
  • n. (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
  • n. (uncountable, dated, circa 1920) Personal courage.
  • n. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  • n. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
  • n. (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
  • n. (countable, figuratively) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to…
  • adj. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
  • v. (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
  • v. (transitive) To cover with sand.
  • v. (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.
  • n. (colloquial) A sandpiper.

sandstone

  • n. A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

surface

  • n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
  • n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
  • n. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
  • n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom)…
  • n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the…
  • v. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
  • v. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
  • v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
  • v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
  • v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
  • v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
  • v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.

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