Synonyms of the word

moxie

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

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.

fortitude

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

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.

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).

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.