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Synonyms for spunk

Most common

courage guts mettle gumption semen gruel amadou

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Courage — courage; spirit; mettle; determination

courage, gumption, heart, guts, mettle, pluck, nerve, spirit, balls, force, daring, grit, intrepidity, pith

2. Punk — touchwood; tinder

punk, tinder, touchwood, kindling

3. Hunk — an attractive person; a good-looker

hunk, beefcake

4. Match — synonym of taper, a thin stick used for transferring flames, especially a sulfur match

match, sulfur match, taper

Verb

1. Cum — to ejaculate

cum, jizz, spoof AU NZ

2. Squander — to waste (money etc.)

squander, fritter, splurge informal

Other

fire dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Touchwood; tinder.

  2. n. 2

    Synonym of taper, a thin stick used for transferring flames, especially a sulfur match.

  3. v. 1

    To ejaculate.

    He spunked into the condom.

  4. v. 2

    To waste (money etc.).

Related words

Word family
spunkish spunky

Forms

Plural
spunks → courages, gumptions, hearts, mettles…
Past participle
spunked
e.g. spunked → jizzed, spoofed, squandered, frittered…

Example sentences

  • courage We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
  • guts I didn't think Tom would have the guts to do that.
  • mettle The mettle of a true leader is seen in tough times.
  • gumption He had the gumption to take my car without asking.
  • semen Traces of semen were found on the dress.
  • gruel I also brought some gruel I made. It just needs warming up.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spunkrising
couragerising
gutsrising
mettlerising
gumptionrising
semensteady

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

By length

3 letters
cum1
4 letters
fire2, punk1, guts1, grit1, hunk1, jizz, pith1
5 letters
heart1, force1, match1, balls1, nerve1, semen2, taper2, pluck1, spoof1, gruel2
6 letters
spirit2, daring2, tinder2, mettle2, amadou3
7 letters
courage2, splurge1, fritter2
8 letters
squander2, kindling2, gumption2, beefcake
9 letters
touchwood
11 letters
intrepidity5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
entrain
Italiano
entusiasmo