enterprising | ||
1. | [ adjective ] marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects | |
Examples: | "an enterprising foreign policy" "an enterprising young man likely to go far" |
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Related terms: | unenterprising energetic bold energetic entrepreneurial ambitious energetic adventurous | |
2. | [ adjective ] marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | |
Synonyms: | aggressive pushing pushy pushful | |
Examples: | "an aggressive young executive" "a pushful insurance agent" "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" |
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Related terms: | ambitious | |
Similar spelling: |
enterprisingly enterprise enterpriser entertaining entertainingly enterprise_zone endearing entertain enteritis endorphin endarteritis Enterobius endearingly enterovirus enterotoxin enterobiasis enter_upon |