Synonyms of entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs

noun

plural of entrepreneur

as in businessmen

a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

Related Words

• businessmen
• merchants
• traders
• buyers
• marketers
• purchasers
• traffickers
• dealers
• retailers
• enterprisers
• sellers
• tradesmen
• vendors
• peddlers
• shopkeepers
• hawkers
• merchandisers
• storekeepers
• hucksters
• hustlers
• wholesalers
• monopolists
• providers
• suppliers
• distributors
• middlemen
• purveyors
• engrossers
• jobbers
• provisioners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entrepreneurs

Doster is one of many entrepreneurs who have learned the value of participating in pitch competitions and sharing your business idea with potential investors, funders or collaborators. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

In Colorado, which didn’t become a state until 1876, there was little public money for infrastructure, and entrepreneurs could pay a few dollars to the local government for the right to build a toll road. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Each year in mid-September, about 100,000 climate activists, journalists, tech entrepreneurs, diplomats and funders descend on New York City to talk about all things climate related. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

For entrepreneurs, every week brings new challenges and lessons. — Sabine Leveiller, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Parks-Shaw said Stapleton created jobs, mentored people and used his position to support others, leaving an example for entrepreneurs such as herself about continuing through the difficulties that come with owning a business. — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

According to the Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Insights survey from July, more than half of entrepreneurs use spreadsheets to record and manage transactions, and close to a third still rely on pen and paper. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

The pastor’s warning haunts the book, as, over the course of nearly 80 years, the Baeks move countries, have children, and become entrepreneurs, all while enduring brutal discrimination. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Denis Ssebayiga and Simone Pabsch, two Deaf entrepreneurs based in Kampala, cofounded SS Sign Language Tourism in late 2024, and the company earned its official Uganda tour operator license in October 2025. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026