Synonyms of enterprising

enterprising

adjective

1

as in ambitious

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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