as in fortitude
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pluckiness
Noun
-
This is a testament to her mental fortitude, perhaps strongest of the three.—
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Throughout the writhing and the screaming, Julia’s fortitude wears down a defiant Davina, whose history with Lovat feeds the moment.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
For your fights, your moments of glory, your grit.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
-
For breakfast and lunch, there’s Gulf shrimp in a moat of creamy grits and massive triangles of quiche suspending earthy layers of collard greens.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
And of course, as has been the case since the beginning of MLPerf, Nvidia ran all the models and beat back all the competition, the few that had the gumption to compete.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
-
With a scarf, ingenuity, and gumption, Breinberg had scored higher than the people who’d used fire, dry needling, hammocks, and cups.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
People on TikTok were taken by Reagan's sudden spunk.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
-
Howard preferred simmer to boil, sugar to sass, and never lacked spunk.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
Noun
-
Burrow’s backup, Jake Browning, proved his mettle, overcoming three interceptions to lead a 92-yard game-winning drive late in the fourth.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
-
The jets, obtained from the United States, had proven their mettle, operating in an environment saturated with enemy radars.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Ironically, the very adaptability and intellectual courage the future demands are often harder to cultivate in today’s college climate.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
-
In an atmosphere of repression and fear, these women discover courage, solidarity, and the power of imagination through the simple transformative act of reading together.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
McCoy called for his listeners to carry with them the same hope and fearlessness Kirk harbored.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
-
The same fearlessness, the same confidence, the same trust in his arm and his weapons, were all back after a 22-month absence.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The image of your mother being too sleepy to enjoy the spoils of her own hard work—or to even be fully present as her children enjoyed those spoils—struck me as such a succinct encapsulation of her sacrifice and her heroism, as well as their drawbacks.—
G'ra Asim
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
-
In mid-2022, the Kremlin created the Military-Patriotic Film Support Foundation (Voenkino), tasked with financing productions that promote heroism, national unity and loyalty to the armed forces.—
Ilan Berman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Pluckiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pluckiness. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share