gameness
Ready for anything
Gameness is spirited willingness to engage, especially in difficult or challenging situations.
It suggests courage combined with enthusiasm—a readiness to try despite obstacles or risks: I admired her gameness in accepting the dare.
The word derives from game in its sense of plucky or brave: He showed real gameness in the fight.
Boldness before danger
- valorCourage in danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- daringAdventurous courage
pluck · mettle · nerve · spunk · grit · audacity · intrepidity · gallantry
Intense willingness to act
- readinessState of being prepared
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- alacrityEager and cheerful promptness
- keennessSharpness of perception
openness · receptiveness · cooperation · compliance · zeal · inclination · agreeableness · obligingness
bravery
Boldness before danger
- valorCourage in danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
daring · pluck · mettle · nerve · spunk · grit · audacity · intrepidity · gallantry · heroism
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
- readinessState of being prepared
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- alacrityEager and cheerful promptness
keenness · openness · receptiveness · cooperation · compliance · zeal · inclination · agreeableness · obligingness · amenability
- Pit Bullspit bull, pitbull, Staffordshire, Staffy, red nose
gamenessunwillingness
Disinclination to act
reluctance · disinclination · recalcitrance · resistance · refusal
gamenesscowardice
Absence of bravery
timidity · fearfulness · pusillanimity · faintheartedness · cravenness
gamenessapathy
Absence of feeling
halfheartedness · indifference · lukewarmness · perfunctoriness · disinterestedness
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