Meaning | marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects. |
---|
Examples | - "an enterprising foreign policy"
- "an enterprising young man likely to go far"
|
---|
Narrower | energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming | Working hard to promote an enterprise |
---|
entrepreneurial | willing to take risks in order to make a profit |
See also | adventurous, adventuresome | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
---|
ambitious | Having a strong desire for success / success or achievement |
energetic | possessing or exerting or displaying energy |
Opposite | unenterprising, nonenterprising | lacking in enterprise |
---|
Spanish | emprendedor, emprendedora |
---|
Catalan | emprenedor |
---|
Nouns | enterprisingness | readiness to embark on bold new ventures |
---|
Adverbs | enterprisingly | in an enterprising manner |
---|