Synonyms for fortitude
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Noun
1. Strength — mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity
strength, courage, grit, bravery, toughness, moxie informal US, inner strength, endurance, nerve, mettle, intestinal fortitude, heart, intrepidity, might, manhood, resolution, resoluteness, stoutness, hardihood, intrepidness, tenacity, stamina
Definitions
- n. 1
Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
Related words
- Word family
- forte fortify fortitudinous
- Phrases
- intestinal fortitude
Forms
- Plural
- fortitudes → strengths, courages, grits, braveries…
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A man may show courage, fortitude, or intrepidity in the common pursuits of life, as well as in war.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- strength I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.
- courage We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
- bravery There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.
- grit My university can't afford to grit its car parks.
- patience A man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
- stoicism There's more to Stoicism than Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus.
By length
- 4 letters
- grit1
- 5 letters
- might1, heart1, nerve1, moxie2
- 6 letters
- mettle2
- 7 letters
- courage2, bravery3, stamina3, manhood2
- 8 letters
- strength1, patience2, tenacity4, stoicism4
- 9 letters
- endurance3, toughness2, stoutness2, hardihood
- 10 letters
- resolution4
- 11 letters
- intrepidity5
- 12 letters
- resoluteness, intrepidness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moxie2 = 2 syllables).