Initiative

//ɪˈnɪʃətɪv//

Synonyms for "initiative" (157 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(1 words)
enterprise

Strong matches (47)

Adjective(2 words)
firstinaugural
Adjective(1 words)
inceptive

Related words (78)

Adjective(2 words)
initiatorymaiden

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9 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

6 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

7 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

9 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

100 translations across 37 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • مُبَادَرَة noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • مُبَادَرَة noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • مُبَادَرَة noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նախաձեռնություն noun (a beginning; a first move)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • təşəbbüs noun (a beginning; a first move)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • башланғыс noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • башланғыс noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пачы́н noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • ініцыяты́ва noun (a beginning; a first move)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • встъпителен adj (serving to initiate)
  • начален adj (serving to initiate)
  • инициати́ва noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • инициатива noun (issue to be voted on)

Catalan

3 entries
  • iniciativa noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • iniciativa noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • iniciativa noun (issue to be voted on)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 主動權 /主动权 noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Czech

1 entries
  • iniciativa noun (a beginning; a first move)

Danish

1 entries
  • initiativ noun (a beginning; a first move)

Dutch

1 entries
  • initiatief noun (a beginning; a first move)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aloite noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • aloite noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • aloite noun (issue to be voted on)
  • aloitekyky noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

French

3 entries
  • initiative noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • initiative noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • initiative noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

German

3 entries
  • Initiative noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • Initiative noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • Initiative noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Greek

3 entries
  • πρωτοβουλία noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • πρωτοβουλία noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • πρωτοβουλία noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • התחלתי adj (serving to initiate)
  • יוזם adj (serving to initiate)
  • יוזמה noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • יוזמה noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पहल noun (a beginning; a first move)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kezdeményezés noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • kezdeményezőképesség noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • kezdeményezőkészség noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • vállalkozószellem noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • inisiatif noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • inisiatif noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • inisiatif noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • prakarsa noun (a beginning; a first move)

Italian

4 entries
  • iniziale adj (serving to initiate)
  • preliminare adj (serving to initiate)
  • iniziativa noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • iniziativa noun (issue to be voted on)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бастама noun (a beginning; a first move)

Korean

2 entries
  • 진취력 noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • 진취성 noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ഉദ്യമം noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • ഉദ്യമം noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • തുടക്കം noun (a beginning; a first move)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • initiativ noun (a beginning; a first move)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • تشبث noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)

Persian

1 entries
  • ابتکار noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Polish

1 entries
  • inicjatywa noun (a beginning; a first move)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • iniciador adj (serving to initiate)
  • iniciativo adj (serving to initiate)
  • iniciativa noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • iniciativa noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Romanian

2 entries
  • inițiativă noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • inițiativă noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Russian

4 entries
  • инициати́ва noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • инициати́ва noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • инициати́ва noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • почи́н noun (a beginning; a first move)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • inicijativno adj (serving to initiate)
  • inicijatíva noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • inicijatíva noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • inicijatíva noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Slovak

1 entries
  • iniciatíva noun (a beginning; a first move)

Spanish

1 entries
  • iniciativa noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)

Swedish

1 entries
  • initiativ noun (a beginning; a first move)

Turkish

4 entries
  • girişim noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • ilk adım noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • inisiyatif noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)
  • teşebbüs noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • почи́н noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • ініціати́ва noun (a beginning; a first move)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • איניציאַטיוו noun (a beginning; a first move)
  • איניציאַטיוו noun (a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
  • איניציאַטיוו noun (the ability to act first or on one's own)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Companies welcome workers who take initiative.

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Don't be shy about talking to the teacher; if you don't understand, use some initiative!

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This initiative follows the DCA phone conference on Dec 17 attended by 40 people from 27 firms.

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The city took the initiative in the pollution suit.

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