Entry Word: fortitude

Function: noun

Meaning: the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship <it was only with the greatest fortitude that the Pilgrims were able to survive their first winter in Plymouth>

Synonyms backbone, fiber, grit, guts, pluck, spunk

Related Words determination, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution; bravery, courage, fearlessness, intrepidity; endurance, stamina, tolerance; heart, mettle, spirit; audacity, boldness, brass, cheek, chutzpah (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), effrontery, hardihood, nerve, temerity

Near Antonyms indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, vacillation; cowardliness, cravenness, faintheartedness, timidity, timorousness

Antonyms spinelessness