The answers listed here for “Courage” are not assumptions—they’ve been pulled directly from finished puzzles where solvers encountered and resolved the same clue successfully.
Suggested Answers:
- VALOUR
- METTLE
- GRIT
- BRAVERY
- GUTS
- PLUCK
- BOLDNESS
- HEROISM
- SPIRIT
- SPINE
- HEART
- BACKBONE
- STRENGTH
- GALLANTRY
- FEARLESSNESS
- GOODCHEER
- SPUNK
- VALOR
- FORTITUDE
Synonyms and Definitions
VALOUR
- Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness
METTLE
- Synonyms: heart, nerve, spunk
GRIT
- Synonyms: backbone, gritrock, gritstone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand
- Definition: a tough, grainy sandstone made primarily of silica
BRAVERY
- Synonyms: braveness, courageousness, fearlessness
GUTS
- Synonyms: bowel, catgut, grit, intestine
- Definition: Strength and resolve
PLUCK
- Synonyms: cull, deplumate, deplume, displume, fleece, gazump, gutsiness, hook, hustle, overcharge, pick, pick off, pluckiness, plume, plunk, pull, pull off, rob, roll, soak, surcharge, tear, tweak
BOLDNESS
- Synonyms: brass, cheek, daring, face, hardihood, hardiness, strikingness
HEROISM
- Synonyms: valour
SPIRIT
- Synonyms: disembodied spirit, emotional state, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, inspirit, intent, life, liveliness, look, purport, smell, spirit up, sprightliness, tone
- Definition: The essential element or life-giving power found within living beings.
SPINE
- Synonyms: acantha, back, pricker, prickle, rachis, spikelet, spinal column, spur, sticker, thorn, vertebral column
HEART
- Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, bosom, center, centre, core, essence, eye, fondness, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, mettle, middle, nitty-gritty, nub, philia, pith, pump, spirit, substance, sum, tenderness, ticker, warmheartedness, warmness
BACKBONE
- Synonyms: anchor, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, spine
STRENGTH
- Synonyms: durability, effectiveness, enduringness, force, forcefulness, forte, intensity, intensity level, lastingness, long suit, metier, military capability, military posture, military strength, persuasiveness, posture, potency, speciality, specialty, strong point, strong suit
GALLANTRY
- Synonyms: chivalry, politesse
FEARLESSNESS
- Synonyms: bravery
SPUNK
- Synonyms: kindling, punk, tinder, touchwood
- Definition: Substance used to ignite a fire