Synonyms of gutsy

gutsy

adjective

ˈgət-sē 

1

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

a gutsy coach willing to let her team improvise on the court

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• courageous
• daring
• brave
• fearless
• bold
• hardy
• audacious
• enterprising
• venturous
• adventuresome
• heroic
• venturesome
• nervy
• reckless
• impulsive
• nerved
• dashing
• valiant
• gallant
• heroical
• emboldened
• foolish
• free-swinging
• spirited
• intrepid
• impetuous
• dauntless
• stupid
• foolhardy
• spunky
• plucky
• unafraid
• undaunted
• imprudent
• daredevil
• valorous
• brash
• hotheaded
• thoughtless
• wild
• madcap
• overconfident
• dumb
• silly
• incautious
• rash
• gritty
• stalwart
• heedless
• hasty
• mad
• stouthearted
• stout
• lionhearted
• unnecessary
• nutty
• idiotic
• absurd
• swashbuckling
• wacky
• insane
• unreasonable
• crazy
• lunatic
• whacky
• headlong
• irrational
• asinine
• overbold
• moronic
• scatterbrained
• harebrained
• witless
• brainless
• greathearted
• precipitate
• balmy
• idiotical
• gadarene
• half-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• careful
• cautious
• unadventurous
• coward
• cowardly
• shy
• pusillanimous
• timorous
• craven
• prudent
• wary
• unenterprising
• milky
• afraid
• frightened
• overcautious
• fearful
• heedful
• terrified
• startled
• reasonable
• scared
• wise
• sensible
• shocked
• lily-livered
• spooked
• chickenhearted
• alarmed
• horrified
• sound
• sane
• rational
• cool
• calm
• unnerved
• poltroon
• levelheaded
• milk-livered
• overcareful
• upset
• affrighted
• fainthearted
• sage
• concerned
• worried
• dismayed
• appalled
• terrorized

2

as in courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

they were gutsy enough to attempt a rescue on their own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courageous
• brave
• fearless
• valiant
• heroic
• gallant
• heroical
• bold
• adventurous
• intrepid
• dauntless
• manful
• undaunted
• valorous
• foolish
• impulsive
• gutty
• daring
• stalwart
• resolute
• stout
• reckless
• stouthearted
• spirited
• lionhearted
• doughty
• determined
• hardy
• plucky
• unflinching
• Spartan
• spunky
• undauntable
• greathearted
• gritty
• audacious
• undeterred
• game
• mad
• unswerving
• adventuresome
• brazen
• undismayed
• venturous
• impetuous
• venturesome
• mettlesome
• foolhardy
• gamy
• dashing
• daredevil
• nutty
• insane
• imprudent
• lunatic
• brash
• hotheaded
• thoughtless
• unafraid
• madcap
• wild
• overconfident
• hasty
• incautious
• gamey
• rash
• crazy
• firm
• heedless
• reassured
• encouraged
• headlong
• comforted
• emboldened
• overbold
• half-witted
• precipitate
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yellow
• timid
• coward
• cowardly
• gutless
• timorous
• fearful
• pusillanimous
• craven
• spineless
• dastardly
• scary
• unheroic
• nerveless
• careful
• nervous
• shy
• cautious
• diffident
• fainthearted
• ungallant
• spiritless
• anxious
• chicken
• mousy
• apprehensive
• skittish
• prudent
• mousey
• afraid
• poor-spirited
• uncourageous
• unadventurous
• frightened
• upset
• lily-livered
• chickenhearted
• terrified
• milk-livered
• weakhearted
• startled
• scared
• poltroon
• heedful
• chicken-livered
• shocked
• panicked
• unnerved
• disturbed
• agitated
• spooked
• perturbed
• weak
• horrified
• worried
• concerned
• disconcerted
• wimpy
• disquieted
• dismayed
• appalled
• unmanly
• panic-stricken
• terrorized

Examples of gutsy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, with lefty starter Kyle Freeland pitching five gutsy innings, the Rockies stayed in the game. —Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2024

Reality check: The gutsy dive into a tough listing pool is not without its risks. —Andrew Freedman, Axios, 18 July 2024

Partly, that’s thanks to gutsy executives like Allain, one of the few Black creatives at any studio back in the late 1980s. —Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024

Lee anchored their bars lineup with a gutsy routine that expertly juggled risk and reward, earning a 14.566. —Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 30 July 2024