Enterprising

Synonyms for "enterprising" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

able active acute adventuresome adventurous aggressive ambitious animated aspiring assiduous audacious bold brave brisk busy courageous craving daring dashing determined

Adjective(1 words)

assertive leadership

Noun(1 words)

buccaneering

Strong matches (33)

diligent driving dynamic eager earnest energetic enthusiastic foolhardy forceful forciblefull of pepgo aheadgo gogo-ahead go-go hard-working hardworking hearty hungry hustling

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imaginative impetuous incisive indefatigable industrious

Adjective(5 words)

driven entrepreneurial gumptious hungriest innovative

Adjective(1 words)

go-getting

Verb(1 words)

hustled

Noun(1 words)

initiative-taking

Related words (55)

intense itching keen kinetic lively living lusty make mettlesome overbold peppy persevering purposeful purposive pushful pushing pushy resolute resolved resourceful

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robust smacking snappy spanking spirited strenuous strongtake chargetake-charge take-over tireless trenchantup-and-comingventuresome venturous vibrant vigorous vivacious vivid yearning zealous zestful zesty zippy

Adjective(9 words)

inventiveopportunity seekingpluckyprivate enterpriseproactiveproactive leadershipresourceful spunkiestvisionary leadership

Noun(2 words)

on the movepouncing

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries

descriptive adjectiveeconomic attributeleadership trait

More specific

6 entries

entrepreneurialgrowth orientedopportunity creationresource mobilizingventure mindedventure-minded

Collocations

6 entries

enterprising approachenterprising individualenterprising projectenterprising researchenterprising spiritenterprising venture

Inflections

2 entries

more enterprisingmost enterprising

Derivations

2 entries

enterprisingly enterprisingness

Antonyms

1 entries

unenterprising

similar

8 entries

adventuresome adventurous ambitious energetic entrepreneurial gumptious industriousup-and-coming

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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He is young and inexperienced, but quite enterprising.

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Gabrielle, a striking 6'1" woman, was tired of enterprising young men asking her how the weather was up there.

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Tom is an enterprising young man.

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Are you enterprising?

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