Synonyms for enterprising
- adjective
Most common
energetic daring adventurous industrious eager courageous spirited audacious
All synonyms
Adjective
industrious, adventurous, up-and-coming, energetic, daring, courageous, eager, spirited, audacious, zealous, dashing, bold, in earnest, active, go-getting, pushing, strenuous, venturous, adventuresome, fool-hardy, earnest, hearty, venturesome formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
Related words
- Word family
- enterprisingness
Example sentences
- energetic Gamma rays are composed of very energetic photons.
- daring What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
- adventurous Ziri was as daringly adventurous as the rest of us.
- industrious Algerians used to be industrious and hard workers.
- eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
- courageous Tom told Mary that he thought John was courageous.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| enterprising | falling | |
| energetic | steady | |
| daring | rising | |
| adventurous | rising | |
| industrious | falling | |
| eager | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1
- 5 letters
- eager2
- 6 letters
- active2, daring2, hearty2
- 7 letters
- pushing2, earnest2, dashing2, zealous2
- 8 letters
- spirited3
- 9 letters
- energetic4, strenuous3, audacious3, venturous
- 10 letters
- courageous3
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, industrious4, venturesome3
- 13 letters
- adventuresome4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eager2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- entreprenant
- Italiano
- intraprendente
- Deutsch
- unternehmungslustig