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| Main Entry: | fortitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind; guts |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, constancy, courage, determination, endurance, firmness, grit*, hardihood, heart, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stomach, tenacity, valor, braveness, courageousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gutsiness, intrepidity, resoluteness, stick-to-itiveness, stoutheartedness, true grit, valiancy, valorousness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, helplessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bravery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
| Synonyms: | courage, daring, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, heroism, mettle, pluck, spirit, spunk, valor, dauntlessness, fearlessness, hardiness, indomitability, intrepidity, pluckiness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, diffidence, humility, timidity |
| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
| Synonyms: | accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool*, coolness, dignity, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, fortitude, harmony, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, repose, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility, cool head, coolheadedness, dispassion, even temper, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, placidity, quietude, sedateness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, excitement, upset, arousal, discomposure, perturbedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | courage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, braveness |
| Synonyms: | élan, audacity, backbone, bravery, daring, dash, determination, endurance, enterprise, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, temerity, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, bravura, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, pugnacity, stoutheartedness, venturesomeness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness, faint-heartedness |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | forbearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resisting, avoidance |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, endurance, fortitude, moderation, patience, resignation, restraint, self-control, temperance, tolerance, going easy on, living with, longanimity, patientness, refraining |
| Antonyms: | continuation, indulgence, involvement, use, pursual |
| Main Entry: | guts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, boldness |
| Synonyms: | audacity, backbone*, courage, daring, effrontery, fortitude, grit*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk*, willpower, dauntlessness, forcefulness, sand* |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heroism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | boldness, courage, daring, fortitude, gallantry, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valor, courageousness, doughtiness, fearlessness, intrepidity, valiance, valiancy, valorousness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | mettle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, strength of character |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, backbone, bravery, caliber, courage, daring, disposition, energy, fire, force, fortitude, gallantry, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, life*, makeup, moxie, nature, nerve, pluck, quality, resolution, resolve, spirit, spunk, stamina, stamp*, starch, temper, temperament, valor, vigor, vitality, dauntlessness, gameness, indomitability, kidney |
| Notes: | meddle means to intrude or interfere in other people's affairs or business; mettle is the courage and fortitude to carry on; a medal is a piece of metal in the form of a coin intended to be used as an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moxie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | audacity, backbone, boldness, bravery, daring, dash, determination, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, spunk, stamina, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, braveness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, toughness |
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daring, boldness |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass*, bravery, cheek*, chutzpah*, confidence, coolness, courage, crust*, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, firmness, force, fortitude, gall*, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck*, presumption, resolution, sauce*, spirit, spunk*, starch*, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will, brazenness, fearlessness, gameness, hardiness, intrepidity, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | fear, modesty, shyness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oomph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, endurance, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, punch, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, vigor, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zest, zing, zip, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, willingness to endure |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool*, diligence, endurance, equanimity, forbearance, fortitude, grit*, guts*, heart, humility, intestinal fortitude*, leniency, long-suffering, moderation, moxie*, passiveness, perseverance, persistence, poise, resignation, restraint, self-control, serenity, starch*, staying power*, stoicism, submission, tolerance, yielding, even temper, gutsiness, imperturbability, legs, longanimity, nonresistance, passivity, sufferance, toleration |
| Antonyms: | agitation, frustration, impatience, intolerance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage, nerve |
| Synonyms: | backbone, determination, doggedness, fortitude, grit*, gumption*, guts*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, spirit, gameness, toughness, true grit |
| Antonyms: | cowardice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stamina |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength, vigor |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, endurance, energy, force, fortitude, grit*, guts*, heart, intestinal fortitude*, moxie*, power, resilience, resistance, starch*, staying power, tolerance, vim, vitality, zip*, gutsiness, indefatigability, legs, lustiness, power of endurance, toleration |
| Antonyms: | apathy, lack, laziness, lethargy, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | staying power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stamina |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, endurance, fortitude, grit*, guts*, heart, intestinal fortitude*, resilience, tolerance, vitality, gutsiness, legs, power of endurance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, courage, dash*, defiance, derring-do*, determination, fight, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, spirit, spunk, starch*, stomach*, tenacity, fearlessness, indomitableness, intrepidity, invincibility, sand*, valiance, valiancy |
| Antonyms: | cowardice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | virtue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honor, integrity |
| Synonyms: | advantage, asset, character, charity, chastity, consideration, credit, excellence, faith, faithfulness, fortitude, generosity, goodness, hope, ideal, innocence, justice, kindness, love, merit, morality, plus*, probity, prudence, purity, quality, rectitude, respectability, righteousness, temper, temperance, uprightness, value, worth, ethic, ethicality, ethicalness, fineness, good point, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, evil, vice, immorality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intestinal fortitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of will |
| Synonyms: | backbone, chutzpah, courage, endurance, energy, fitness, fortitude, guts, heart, moxie, spunk, stamina, staying power, stick-to-it-iveness, strength, vigor, wind, balls, brass balls, gutsiness, toughness |
| Main Entry: | manhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maturity |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, determination, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, hardihood, honor, machismo, manliness, masculinity, mettle, nobility, potency, resolution, spirit, tenacity, valor, virility, adulthood, forcefulness, manfulness, resoluteness, self-reliance, sturdiness |
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