Meanings
comparative more entrepreneurial · superlative most entrepreneurial
- 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 371 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishentrepreneur
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishentrepreneurial
From entrepreneur + -ial.
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
entrepreneurial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrepreneurial
“entrepreneurial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrepreneurial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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