Synonyms for guts
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Gumption — courage; determination
gumption, courage, grit, moxie informal US, spunk, nerve, pluck informal, back bone, daring, sand, ball, bottle, gutsiness, fortitude, chutzpah informal, bravery, boldness, mettle, valor US, valour UK, intrepidity, balls vulgar, yarblockos vulgar slang
2. Bowels — the essential, core parts
bowels, heart, soul, heart strings, spirit, pith, marrow, gist, gravamen
3. Entrails — the entrails or contents of the abdomen
Definitions
- n. 1
The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- n. 2
Courage; determination.
She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.
- n. 3
The essential, core parts.
The guts of this Rolex watch are rock-solid.
Related words
- Word family
- gutsy
- Phrases
- spill one's guts bubble guts rearrange one's guts beer guts
Example sentences
- courage We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
- grit My university can't afford to grit its car parks.
- gumption He had the gumption to take my car without asking.
- bowels Begone, wretched spawn of Hell's unholy bowels!
By length
- 4 letters
- ball1, soul1, sand1, grit1, gist1, pith1
- 5 letters
- heart1, balls1, nerve1, valor2, pluck1, spunk1, moxie2
- 6 letters
- spirit2, bottle2, daring2, marrow2, bowels2, valour, mettle2, kishke
- 7 letters
- stomach2, courage2, bravery3, pudding2, insides2, inwards, gutting2, innards2, viscera
- 8 letters
- boldness2, entrails2, gumption2, chutzpah2, gravamen3
- 9 letters
- fortitude3, gutsiness
- 10 letters
- yarblockos
- 11 letters
- intrepidity5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (valor2 = 2 syllables).