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Definition of Gumption
1. Noun. Sound practical judgment. "Fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
Generic synonyms: Discernment, Judgement, Judgment, Sagaciousness, Sagacity
Specialized synonyms: Logic, Nous, Road Sense
Derivative terms: Commonsensical, Sense
2. Noun. Fortitude and determination. "He didn't have the guts to try it"
Generic synonyms: Fortitude
Language type: Colloquialism
Derivative terms: Gritty, Gutsy
Definition of Gumption
1. n. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.
Definition of Gumption
1. Noun. Energy of mind and body, enthusiasm. ¹
2. Noun. Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness, guts; spunk; initiative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gumption
1. shrewdness [n -S] - See also: shrewdness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumption
Literary usage of Gumption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Better Schools by Benjamin Carlisle Gregory, James Laughlin Hughes (1912)
"CHAPTER IV gumption IT is related of a learned judge that he once ... The English
dictionary admits the word "gumption" and classifies it as colloquial. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Having gumption; having quick perception and good judgment.—2. Supercilious;
conceitedly proud. [Colloq. and prov. Eng.] "She holds her head higher, ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Not a' the quacks, wi' a' their gumption, The Rights of Woman. Quaffing. \Vi'
quaffing and laughing, Will ever mend her, Letter to J. Goudie. ..."
4. The American Joe Miller: A Collection of Yankee Wit and Humour by Joe Miller (1865)
"458. THEM that have more than their share of one thing, commonly have less of
another. "Where there is great strength, there 'aint apt to be much gumption. ..."
5. Out-doors at Idlewild; Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"... the-Job—English Literalness and Yankee "gumption." May 28, 1853. IN the making
of a shelf-road around one of the precipices of Idlewild (something like ..."
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