ENTERPRISE Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

enterprise

noun

ˈen-tər-ˌprīz

Definition of enterprise

as in company

a commercial or industrial activity or organization the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises

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as in ambition

readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity the enterprise shown by the early developers and promoters of personal computers

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as in venture

a risky undertaking the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out

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sure thing

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Recent Examples of enterprise The two chief executives are just a few months removed from a lawsuit in which Musk, one of the founders of OpenAI, accused Altman of deceit and breach of contract by shifting the company from its nonprofit mission to a for-profit enterprise. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Later in the morning, a missile strike in the ‌port city of Odesa killed two people and wounded another, ‌while a drone hit a civilian enterprise in the eastern city of Kharkiv, wounding seven. — Reuters, NBC news, 11 July 2026 The landing on Friday makes the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and its subsidiary, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), the third enterprise to accomplish this feat. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 The whole enterprise glows with friendly, pleasing daffiness. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for enterprise

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprise

Noun

SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero Thursday at the company’s spaceport in South Texas.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
But using open source models does often require more technical expertise on the part of the companies deploying them.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026

Definition of company

Noun

The decline primarily stems from Goldman's sale of its Apple credit card business to JPMorgan — a smart move to pare back its consumer banking ambitions.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Tailing basins, designed to hold the byproducts of extraction, grow taller and taller, as if humans and our ambition were competing against nature.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Definition of ambition

Noun

Companies in industrial parts, software, consulting and life sciences were the other sectors in the Southland that attracted venture investments.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Neither has yet successfully shown a first-stage booster recovery, however, and numerous other Chinese ventures are in earlier stages of developing reusable rocketry.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

Definition of venture

Noun

Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest defense firms, producing planes such as the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet and munitions like the Patriot air defense missile.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 July 2026
The firm intends to sell specialized engineering services that utilize digital process models.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Definition of firm

Noun

Wheelhouse and the Village Community Foundation achieved lift-off for LaunchPad, an initiative designed to open more pathways to careers in entertainment, sports and investing for students and young adults from underserved communities.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
According to the companies, the collaboration is designed to expand Iron Maiden’s legacy through new experiences for fans, with plans spanning immersive projects, digital initiatives and other ventures that build on the band’s 50-year history.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 14 July 2026

Definition of initiative

Noun

Always carry a physical guidebook or printed details in a waterproof bag, because relying on your phone alone is a gamble.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
There are other highlights—paintings by Géricault and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, a few Persian swan-neck bottles and their Tiffany glass imitations—but the gamble here is to play Gérôme and Hamdi off each other, the outsider and the insider.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of gamble

Noun

How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Outside, the cops, led by a dry sinister officer in a long black leather coat, order him to get on the ground, face down; Sophia comes out of the house and is placed in the back of a car, staring at all this through the glass.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of house

Noun

Residents in Congressional District 24 will get a chance to hear from candidates running to fill the seat of outgoing Congresswoman Frederica Wilson at a forum held in Little Haiti.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Having one copy of the APOE4 variant may double or triple the chance of developing Alzheimer’s, while having two copies may raise risk by tenfold or more.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026