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Synonyms for mettle

  • noun

Most common

courage fortitude spirit heart spunk nerve

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Courage — A quality of courage and endurance

courage, fortitude, spirit, heart, pluck, vigor US, vigour UK, ardor US, ardour UK, life, disposition, pith, animation, bravery, guts, grit

2. Spunk

spunk, nerve

Other

stamina, metal

Antonyms

cowardice, weakness, timidity

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A quality of courage and endurance.

  2. n. 2

    Good temperament and character.

Related words

Word family
mettlesome

Forms

Plural
mettles → courages, fortitudes, spirits, hearts…

Example sentences

  • courage We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
  • fortitude You can't even imagine how much fortitude it requires.
  • pluck Can you pluck up the courage to talk to her?
  • vigor The city came back to life with more vigor.
  • metal What makes you think that Tom likes "Heavy Metal"?
  • stamina Sam doesn't have the stamina to finish a marathon.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mettlerising
couragerising
fortituderising
pluckrising
vigorfalling
metalfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
life1, guts1, grit1, pith1
5 letters
heart1, metal2, nerve1, pluck1, vigor2, spunk1, ardor2
6 letters
spirit2, vigour, ardour
7 letters
courage2, bravery3, stamina3
9 letters
animation4, fortitude3
11 letters
disposition4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (metal2 = 2 syllables).