entrepreneur

noun

Definition of entrepreneurnext
as in businessman
a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

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Recent Examples of entrepreneur Maury Povich has lived many lives — radio news reporter, anchorman, talk show host, podcast entrepreneur, husband of Connie Chung. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026 In the early 2000s, reality TV created a new class of real-estate celebrities—solo entrepreneurs who seemed to cobble together lucrative careers out of sheer force of will, all while attending luxe parties across Los Angeles and New York City. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026 The ambassador’s comments were published on X late Friday by Mario Nawfal, a Lebanese Australian entrepreneur. — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 But the farm-to-table movement was gaining momentum among food entrepreneurs and consumers. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrepreneur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
  1. businessman
  2. merchant
  3. trader
  4. buyer
Noun
  • Abel offers Camilo a job as his right-hand man back in Mexico, where the lifeguard goes on to cement his position by marrying the businessman’s daughter.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Iran International’s parent company, Volant Media, is controlled by a wealthy Saudi businessman, Adel Abdulkarim Alabdulkarim.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of businessman
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  • In an industrial zone in Arteixo, at the furthest northwestern tip of Spain, amid granite quarries and aluminum merchants, Inditex, the company that owns Zara, has built a city of glass.
    — Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The deal is also a reminder that a growing number of empty retail spaces once operated by merchants that are defunct or downsizing are being picked up by a new generation of retailers and other types of companies.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • Investors see different risks threatening markets, but broadly agree that traders should diversify beyond recent winners.
    — Chloe Taylor,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Narrated by Charles Marlow, Heart of Darkness follows Marlow’s journey up the Congo River, captaining a ship into the heart of the African continent while searching for a trader called Kurtz.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • The sellers will work with the eventual buyer on a custom dock designed around their watercraft.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The case alleges major real estate companies helped keep buyer-agent commissions artificially high, increasing costs for homebuyers and limiting competition among agents.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of buyer

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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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