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GUMPTIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gumptious mean?
• GUMPTIOUS (adjective)
The adjective GUMPTIOUS has 1 sense:
1. working hard to promote an enterprise
Familiarity information: GUMPTIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Working hard to promote an enterprise
Synonyms:
energetic; gumptious; industrious; up-and-coming
Similar:
enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)
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