entrepreneurial

adjective

en·​tre·​pre·​neur·​ial ˌän-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər-ē-əl 

-ˈn(y)u̇r-, 

ˌäⁿn-

: having to do with the creation and development of economic ventures : of, relating to, characteristic of, or suited to an entrepreneur

entrepreneurial skills/ambitions/projects

entrepreneurial zeal

With your colleagues and the kids out of the way, what do you buy for that spouse or friend who's gone the entrepreneurial route and is working at home?

—Don Crabb

Harvard Business School, long known as a gateway to corporate America, last October established a beachhead in the nation's entrepreneurial epicenter, California's Silicon Valley.

—Marc Ballon

… economic development is more likely to occur (if at all) in the more entrepreneurial southern region.

—Sarah Searight

also : engaged or interested in the development of economic ventures

an ambitious and entrepreneurial young woman

a company founded by a group of entrepreneurial scientists

entrepreneurialism

ˌäⁿn-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər-ē-ə-li-zəm 

-ˈn(y)u̇r-, 

ˌäⁿn-

noun

The map shows the distribution of high-tech manufacturing firms in the southeastern United States …, helping to identify towns and cities that are lodestones of high-tech entrepreneurialism.

—John Tierney

entrepreneurially

ˌäⁿn-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər-ē-ə-lē 

-ˈn(y)u̇r-, 

ˌäⁿn-

adverb

… some 25 teams, drawn mostly from the ranks of universities and entrepreneurially minded engineers …

—Joseph Hooper

Examples of entrepreneurial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

They’re equipped with the entrepreneurial savvy and technological innovation to turn organic food from a niche lifestyle choice into a mainstream economic opportunity. —Kelly Damewood, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

Yet over the last few decades, it was transformed by a group of entrepreneurial local officials and farm operators who leveraged chemical fertilizers to make the desert bloom. —Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025

Shepard emphasizes the importance of creating opportunities for future practitioners, especially women, to lead with both clinical competence and entrepreneurial confidence. —Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025

Some influencers even launch their own products or digital courses, delivering long-term value through entrepreneurial spinoffs. —Kelley Cours Anderson, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for entrepreneurial

• seigneurial