Synonyms for enterprise
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Venture — an undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one
business, venture, endeavor US, endeavour UK, activity, undertaking, project, pursuit, effort, spirit, adventure, energy, task, attempt, expedition, cause, push, go, doings, emprise formal dated
2. Initiative
initiative, go-ahead, enterprisingness rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.
- n. 2
A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
A micro-enterprise is defined as a company or business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.
Related words
- Word family
- enterpriser enterprising entrepreneur
- Phrases
- free enterprise private enterprise state enterprise state-owned enterprise
- Is a kind of
- organization
Forms
- Plural
- enterprises → businesses, ventures, endeavors, activities…
Example sentences
- venture I can’t venture out alone at night due to my age.
- pursuit The pursuit of money can sometimes lead to stress.
- undertaking The undertaking was a failure from the beginning.
- firm Make sure that chair is firm before you sit on it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| enterprise | steady | |
| venture | steady | |
| pursuit | rising | |
| undertaking | falling | |
| firm | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 4 letters
- game1, push1, firm1, task1
- 5 letters
- cause1
- 6 letters
- energy3, effort2, spirit2, doings2
- 7 letters
- company3, project2, attempt2, venture2, pursuit2, emprise2
- 8 letters
- business2, activity4, endeavor3
- 9 letters
- adventure3, endeavour3
- 10 letters
- initiative4, expedition4
- 11 letters
- performance3, undertaking4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (energy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- entreprise
- Italiano
- impresa
- Español
- empresa
- Català
- empresa