enterprising

/'entəpraiziɳ/
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enterprising

An enterprising young woman started a successful recycling business in her neighborhood.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness: Describes a person or entity that is willing to undertake new, difficult, or complex projects with energy and determination.
    • Characterized by boldness and readiness to take risks in business or innovation: Often used to describe an entrepreneurial spirit or approach.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The company is looking for enterprising individuals who can develop new markets.
    • Her enterprising spirit led her to start a successful business from her garage.
    • It was an enterprising solution to a very old problem.
Advanced Usage
  • "to prove oneself enterprising": to demonstrate one's initiative and capability through action.

    • He proved himself enterprising by securing funding for the project when no one else could.
  • "an enterprising venture": a business project or undertaking that is characterized by innovation and risk-taking.

    • The startup was an enterprising venture that disrupted the entire industry.
Variants and Related Words
  • Enterprise (n): A project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one; also, a business company.

    • Starting her own enterprise was always her dream.
  • Enterprisingly (adv): In a manner showing initiative and resourcefulness.

    • She tackled the problem enterprisingly.
Synonyms
  • Resourceful: Having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.
  • Innovative: Featuring new methods; advanced and original.
  • Go-getting (informal): Energetically and ambitiously eager to succeed.
Antonyms
  • Unadventurous: Not willing to take risks or try out new things.
  • Unenterprising: Lacking initiative or boldness.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "An enterprising spirit": A natural disposition toward initiative and innovation.

    • The pioneers who settled the west possessed an enterprising spirit.
  • "To show an enterprising turn of mind": To demonstrate a natural inclination toward creative and bold thinking.

    • Even as a child, he showed an enterprising turn of mind by starting a small lemonade stand.
enterprising

An enterprising young woman started a successful recycling business in her neighborhood.

Adjective
  1. marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
    • an enterprising foreign policy
    • an enterprising young man likely to go far