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- Dictionarygumption/ˈɡʌm(p)ʃn/
noun
- 1. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness: informal "the president would hire almost any young man who had the gumption to ask for a job"
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GUMPTION definition: 1. the ability to decide what is the best thing to do in a particular situation, and to do it with…. Learn more.
People with gumption are determined and full of courage — and common sense, too. If you easily give up, and don't have a lot of confidence or smarts, then you are lacking in gumption. It takes gumption to get things done — especially difficult things.
Gumption originally referred to common sense, but American English speakers adopted the word and took it in a new direction, using it to refer to the kind of courage or get-up-and-go that makes undertaking difficult things possible.
noun [ U ] informal us / ˈɡʌmp.ʃ ə n / uk / ˈɡʌmp.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. the ability to decide what is the best thing to do in a particular situation, and to do it with energy and determination: have the gumption to She had the gumption to write directly to the company manager and persuade him to give her a job. Compare.
1. uncountable noun. If someone has gumption, they are able to think what it would be sensible to do in a particular situation, and they do it. [informal] Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year. 2. uncountable noun.
Define gumption. gumption synonyms, gumption pronunciation, gumption translation, English dictionary definition of gumption. n. Informal 1. Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness. 2. Guts; spunk. 3. Common sense. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,...
noun. /ˈɡʌmpʃn/ [uncountable] (old-fashioned, informal) the intelligence needed to know what to do in a particular situation. He didn’t have the gumption to keep his mouth shut. Want to learn more?
