guts
noun
1 guts
Fortitude and determination:
— He didn't have the guts to try it.
synonyms: backbone, grit, gumption, moxie, sand.
Roget 861:
courage,
bravery,
valor;
resoluteness,
boldness
etc.
adj.;
spirit,
daring,
gallantry,
intrepidity;
contempt of danger,
defiance of danger;
derring-do;
audacity;
rashness
etc.
863;
dash;
defiance
etc.
715;
confidence,
self-reliance.
manliness,
manhood;
nerve,
pluck,
mettle,
game;
heart,
heart of grace;
spunk,
guts,
face,
virtue,
hardihood,
fortitude,
intestinal fortitude;
firmness
etc.
(stability)
150;
heart of oak;
bottom,
backbone,
spine
etc.
(perseverance)
604.1.
resolution
etc.
(determination)
604;
bulldog courage.
prowess,
heroism,
chivalry.
exploit,
feat,
achievement;
heroic deed,
heroic act;
bold stroke.
man,
man of mettle;
hero,
demigod,
Amazon,
Hector;
lion,
tiger,
panther,
bulldog;
gamecock,
fighting-cock;
bully,
fire eater
etc.
863.
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Roget 221:
interiority;
inside,
interior;
interspace†,
subsoil,
substratum;
intrados.
contents
etc.
190;
substance,
pith,
marrow;
backbone
etc.
(center)
222;
heart,
bosom,
breast;
abdomen;
vitals,
viscera,
entrails,
bowels,
belly,
intestines,
guts,
chitterings†,
womb,
lap;
penetralia [Lat.],
recesses,
innermost recesses;
cave
etc.
(concavity)
252.
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Dutch: doortastenheid, vastberadenheid, lef, karakter, perseveratie, persistentie, ruggegraat, ruggengraat, tenaciteit, volhardingsvermogen
Moby thesaurus: abdomen, anus, appendix, backbone, being, bite, bitingness, blind gut, bones, bosom, bottom, bowels, brain, breast, briskness, cecum, census, chutzpah, colon, composition, constituents, content, contents, courage, cuttingness, decisiveness, divisions, drive, duodenum, effectiveness, elements, endocardium, endurance, energy, entrails, esprit, force, forcefulness, foregut, fortitude, gameness, giblets, ginger, gizzard, grit, gutsiness, guttiness, hardiness, heart, heart of hearts, heart of oak, heartiness, heartstrings, hindgut, hotness, impressiveness, incisiveness, index, ingredients, inmost heart, inmost soul, innards, inner mechanism, innermost being, insides, internals, intestinal fortitude, intestine, inventory, inwards, items, jejunum, kick, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, list, liveliness, liver, liver and lights, lung, lustihood, lustiness, mettle, mettlesomeness, midgut, might, mightiness, mordancy, moxie, nerve, nervosity, nervousness, nip, nippiness, obstinacy, part, parts, pepperiness, perineum, pith, pluck, pluckiness, poignancy, potency, power, powerfulness, pump, punch, pylorus, raciness, rectum, relish, robustness, ruggedness, secret places, sinew, sinewiness, small intestine, snap, snappiness, soul, spice, spiciness, spirit, spleen, spunk, spunkiness, stalwartness, stamina, staying power, sticking power, stomach, stout heart, stoutness, strength, strength of will, strong language, sturdiness, tang, tanginess, ticker, toughness, trenchancy, tripes, true grit, vermiform appendix, vigor, vigorousness, viscera, vitality, vitals, whole, works, zest, zestfulness, zip ... show more.
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