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 enterprise software company has moved into building out data centers to serve the AI industry. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 D’Souza is the founder and CTO of Reknew, an AI enterprise company. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The siblings built on their father’s enterprise and launched Dumont in India in 1999 as an ice cream manufacturer, according to the business website. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Headquartered in Hickory since 1992, the company designs and manufactures components for advanced computing infrastructure, enterprise and telecommunications networks, as well as military applications. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enterprise

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprise

Noun

By then Ono had signed on to the artificial intelligence company Axiom Math as its founding mathematician.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Unlike other blockbuster drugs, multiple companies introduced versions, which is both creating competition now and will likely lead to much lower prices in the 2030s when generics become available.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of company

Noun

In March 2026, China approved the world’s first commercially available brain-computer interface medical device, a milestone that pointed to ambitions extending well beyond low-cost production or fast-follow imitation.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
With Russia and China increasing their footprint and ambition, the Arctic has become a front line of global power competition.

— Lee Ying Shan,Matthew Tan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambition

Noun

Parent company Kering had acquired the building in 2023, before forming a joint venture with Ardian that gave the private equity firm a majority stake in a portfolio of prime real estate assets, including the Avenue Montaigne location.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
Prodigy Clean Energy leads the venture in direct partnership with the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of venture

Noun

Plenty of Istanbul firms run on contracts, and plenty of London ones run on handshakes.

— Ali Aydan, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The married couple and co-executives sit atop CDR Companies — a network of affiliated firms that has grown into a juggernaut of government contracting with a national reach, from engineering to healthcare to emergency management.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of firm

Noun

That there’s even $75 million to fight over is due to an aldermanic initiative.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
In 2019, Roc Nation signed on to consult the NFL on live music entertainment and the social justice initiative Inspire Change, which aims to reduce barriers to opportunity, especially in underserved communities.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of initiative

Noun

The country's upper house of parliament voted last month to require UBS to hold 90% of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital, or about $16 billion in extra shares, as collateral to support its foreign subsidiaries.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The stranger’s dress had been stored in the family’s house for more than a decade.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

For Hernandez, the altar is a chance to grieve, remember and find strength in one another.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Ross started the second-half scoring, too, with another two handed flush off a pass from Demary, who started the fast break chance with his second steal of the game.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026