NOUN | act | enterprise, endeavor, endeavour | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) |
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group | enterprise | an organization created for business ventures | |
attribute | enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead | readiness to embark on bold new ventures |
Sounds | eh'nerpray.z; eh'nterpray.z | |
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Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... |
Meaning | A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness). | |
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Example | "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" | |
Synonyms | endeavor, endeavour | |
Narrower | business activity, commercial activity | Activity undertaken as part of a commercial ... / commercial enterprise |
forlorn hope | A hopeless or desperate enterprise | |
racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise | An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud / fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | |
Broader | undertaking, project, task, labor | Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
Spanish | empresa, esfuerzo, tarea, tentativa | |
Catalan | empresa | |
Nouns | enterpriser | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
Meaning | An organization created for business ventures. | |
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Example | "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" | |
Narrower | business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it |
collective | Members of a cooperative enterprise | |
commercial enterprise | An enterprise connected with commerce | |
giant | An unusually large / large / large enterprise | |
Broader | organization, organisation | A group of people who work together |
Spanish | empresa | |
Catalan | empresa | |
Nouns | enterpriser | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
Meaning | readiness to embark on bold new ventures. | |
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Synonyms | enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead | |
Broader | drive | The trait of being highly motivated |
Spanish | empresa, empuje, iniciativa | |
Catalan | devantera, iniciativa | |
Nouns | enterpriser | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
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