All intestinal fortitude synonyms
in·tes·ti·nal for·ti·tude
I i noun intestinal fortitude
- backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
- courage — Courage is the quality shown by someone who decides to do something difficult or dangerous, even though they may be afraid.
- fitness — health.
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- moxie — vigor; verve; pep.
- spunk — pluck; spirit; mettle.
- stamina — a plural of stamen.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- stick-to-it-ive — tenaciously resolute; persevering: Stick-to-it-ive people get ahead in life.
- strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- vigor — active strength or force.
- wind — the act of winding.
- gutsy — having a great deal of courage or nerve: a gutsy lampooner of the administration.
- toughness — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- balls — If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage.