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enterprise

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of enterprise

1 a commercial or industrial activity or organization

  • the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises
Synonyms of enterprise

business, company, concern, establishment, firm, house, interest, outfit
Words Related to enterprise

conglomerate, corporation, multinational

association, cartel, chain, combine, syndicate, trust

agency, dealer, outlet

microenterprise

2 readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity

  • the enterprise shown by the early developers and promoters of personal computers
Synonyms of enterprise

action, aggressiveness, ambition, drive, go, hustle, initiative
Words Related to enterprise

grit, gumption, pluck, snap, spirit, spunk, starch

ambitiousness, killer instinct, overambitiousness

assertiveness, self-reliance

energy, hardihood, pep, vigor, vitality
Near Antonyms of enterprise

inactivity, inertia, passivity

diffidence, faintheartedness, timidity

hesitation, reluctance

indolence, laziness, lethargy

3 a risky undertaking

  • the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out
Synonyms of enterprise

adventure, chance, crapshoot, flier (also flyer), flutter [chiefly British], gamble, speculation, throw, venture
Words Related to enterprise

bet, hazard, stake, wager

liberty

dark horse, long shot, play
Antonyms of enterprise

sure thing

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