Acumen
Acumen noun - Exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters.
Gumption
Gumption noun - The ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters.
Usage example: that girl has no more gumption than a grasshopper and is likely to marry the first man who comes along
Acumen is a synonym for gumption in cleverness topic. You can use "Acumen" instead a noun "Gumption", if it concerns topics such as nerve, common sense, ingenuity. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sense and acumen
- sense and gumption
- enterprise and acumen
- enterprise and gumption
- discernment and acumen
- discernment and gumption
- judgment and acumen
- judgment and gumption
- common sense and acumen
- common sense and gumption
- wisdom and acumen
- wisdom and gumption
- cleverness and acumen
- cleverness and gumption
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