grit

/ɡɹˈɪt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
2. fortitude and determination
   “he didn't have the guts to try it”

verb

1. cover with a grit
   “grit roads”
2. clench together
   “grit one's teeth”

Synonyms for grit

• gritrock
• gritstone
• backbone
• guts
• moxie
• sand
• gumption

Words that rhyme with grit

• hit
• split
• fit
• pit
• bit
• sit
• submit
• remit
• admit
• shit
• spit
• commit
• knit
• permit
• slit
• quit
• retrofit
• kit
• outfit
• transmit
• unfit
• brit
• cockpit
• counterfeit
• emit
• flit
• lit
• tit
• wit
• acquit