noun

shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness.

the president would hire almost any young man who had the gumption to ask for a job

initiative,resourcefulness,enterprise,imagination,imaginativeness,ingenuity,inventiveness,cleverness,astuteness,shrewdness,acumen,discernment,understanding,reason,wisdom,sagacity,sense,common sense,wit,mother wit,native wit,native ability,practicality,spirit,forcefulness,backbone,pluck,mettle,nerve,courage,get-up-and-go,grit,spunk,oomph,nous,savvy,horse sense,loaf,common,smarts