Synonyms of enterprising

enterprising

adjective

ˈen-tər-ˌprī-ziŋ 

1

as in aggressive

having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal

the company is claiming that there will be huge financial rewards for enterprising sales representatives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• ambitious
• adventurous
• fierce
• militant
• go-getting
• vigorous
• energetic
• assertive
• high-pressure
• confident
• daring
• in-your-face
• pushy
• warlike
• dynamic
• self-assertive
• belligerent
• pugnacious
• combative
• bold
• self-asserting
• venturesome
• bellicose
• adventuresome
• venturous
• hustling
• quarrelsome
• truculent
• overambitious
• impudent
• determined
• insolent
• gladiatorial
• dashing
• strenuous
• contentious
• argumentative
• gutsy
• disputatious
• feisty
• trigger-happy
• cocky
• cheeky
• obtrusive
• bumptious
• emphatic
• domineering
• hyperaggressive
• emboldened
• overconfident
• brassy
• discordant
• audacious
• unapologetic
• cocksure
• scrappy
• brash
• gung ho
• dominating
• presumptuous
• magisterial
• overbearing
• forward
• unyielding
• unsubdued
• imperious
• lordly
• bare-knuckle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• low-pressure
• unambitious
• easygoing
• unaggressive
• unassertive
• unenterprising
• amenable
• relaxed
• nonassertive
• docile
• tractable
• compliant
• acquiescent
• deferential
• submissive
• yielding
• ambitionless
• humble
• modest
• timid
• passive
• mild
• shrinking
• laid-back
• resigned
• quiet
• meek
• lowly
• subdued
• reserved
• unobtrusive
• bashful
• diffident
• shy
• mousy
• retiring
• servile
• demure
• slavish
• obsequious
• subservient
• groveling
• cowering
• cringing
• overmodest

2

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

enterprising people of vision were responsible for the boom in technological industries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• daring
• courageous
• brave
• fearless
• bold
• venturesome
• venturous
• adventuresome
• hardy
• dashing
• gutsy
• audacious
• nerved
• impulsive
• heroic
• gallant
• nervy
• reckless
• valiant
• intrepid
• emboldened
• free-swinging
• foolish
• impetuous
• plucky
• spirited
• incautious
• daredevil
• imprudent
• thoughtless
• foolhardy
• heedless
• dauntless
• hotheaded
• rash
• valorous
• madcap
• overconfident
• undaunted
• spunky
• stupid
• brash
• unafraid
• wild
• stalwart
• dumb
• silly
• swashbuckling
• hasty
• stouthearted
• scatterbrained
• stout
• wacky
• mad
• gritty
• overbold
• nutty
• brainless
• lunatic
• lionhearted
• unnecessary
• witless
• idiotic
• absurd
• harebrained
• headlong
• unreasonable
• insane
• irrational
• moronic
• asinine
• crazy
• precipitate
• balmy
• half-witted
• greathearted
• gadarene

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• unenterprising
• careful
• prudent
• unadventurous
• cautious
• timorous
• cowardly
• wary
• craven
• shy
• pusillanimous
• coward
• milky
• heedful
• afraid
• frightened
• fearful
• alarmed
• overcautious
• startled
• lily-livered
• reasonable
• wise
• rational
• terrified
• spooked
• sensible
• chickenhearted
• poltroon
• sane
• scared
• horrified
• sound
• shocked
• cool
• milk-livered
• levelheaded
• unnerved
• calm
• affrighted
• concerned
• overcareful
• sage
• upset
• worried
• terrorized
• fainthearted
• dismayed
• appalled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enterprising

Extending the life of the mission for that long could bring Voyager 1 to its 50-year anniversary, a deadline that’s setting the stage for one of the team’s most enterprising steps yet. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2026

The second-youngest of eight children, Gordy hailed from an enterprising Detroit family with Georgia plantation roots, including several sisters who had carved successful business paths. — Brian McCollum, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

All Stanford students are ambitious, but many of the most enterprising among them drop out. — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026