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self-starters

noun , plural of self-starter

Synonyms and Antonyms of self-starters

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it

Synonyms of self-starters

bootstrappers, go-aheads, go-getters, highfliers (or highflyers), hummers, hustlers, live wires, powerhouses, rustlers

Words Related to self-starters

achievers, comers, doers, enterprisers

he-men, individualists

Near Antonyms of self-starters

dawdlers, idlers, loafers, loungers, putterers, triflers

goldbricks, malingerers, procrastinators, shirkers, slackers

drones, lazybones, sluggards

dalliers, laggards, lingerers, loiterers, slowpokes, stick-in-the-muds

ignorers, ne'er-do-wells, neglecters

daydreamers, dreamers

dropouts, quitters

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