Noun

• S: (n) grit, gritrock, gritstone (a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone)
• S: (n) backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption (fortitude and determination) "he didn't have the guts to try it"
• domain usage
• S: (n) colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) fortitude (strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage)
• S: (n) courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
• S: (n) spirit (a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character)
• S: (n) character, fiber, fibre (the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions) "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
• S: (n) trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
• S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) natural virtue ((scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature)
• S: (n) cardinal virtue (one of the seven preeminent virtues)
• S: (n) virtue (a particular moral excellence)
• S: (n) good, goodness (moral excellence or admirableness) "there is much good to be found in people"
• S: (n) morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
• S: (n) quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone) "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
• S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) grit (cover with a grit) "grit roads"
• S: (v) grit (clench together) "grit one's teeth"