entrepreneurial

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UK/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː.ɹi.əl/US, dialectal/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/US, dialectal/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɹ.i.əl/Canada, dialectal/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/

adjective

Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveentrepreneurial (comparative more entrepreneurial, superlative most entrepreneurial)

comparative more entrepreneurial · superlative most entrepreneurial

  1. Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising.

    It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair.

    2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 37
    1 more example

    Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.

    2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2012

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewilling to take risks in order to make a profit

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishentrepreneur
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishentrepreneurial

From entrepreneur + -ial.

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Translations

French entreprenant, entrepreneur
  • entreprenanthaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
  • entrepreneurhaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
  • entrepreneurialhaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
German unternehmerisch
  • unternehmerischhaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
Italian imprenditoriale
  • imprenditorialehaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
Māori rakahinonga
  • rakahinongahaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
Polish przedsiębiorczy
  • przedsiębiorczyhaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
Russian предпринима́тельский
  • предпринима́тельский (predprinimátelʹskij)having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
Spanish emprendedor, emprendiente
  • emprendedorhaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
  • emprendientehaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
Swedish entreprenöriell
  • entreprenöriellhaving the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
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Chicago

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