enterprising

adj.
Showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects: The enterprising children opened a lemonade stand.

enterprisingly en'ter·pris'ing·ly adv.

adjective

1. Taking or willing to take risks: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daredevil, daring, venturesome, venturous. See safety/danger.
2. Disposed to action: active, brisk, driving, dynamic, dynamical, energetic, lively, peppy, sprightly, spry, vigorous, zippy. Informal snappy. See action/inaction.

adj

Definition: resourceful, energetic
Antonyms: inactive, passive, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unimaginative, unresourceful

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
  Antonym: unenterprising (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
  Synonyms: aggressive, pushful, pushing, pushy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - foretagsom, iderig, energisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondernemend

Français (French)
adj. - entreprenant, plein d'initiative, audacieux, hardi

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unternehmungslustig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τολμηρός, δραστήριος, ρέκτης, αποφασιστικός, χαρακτηριζόμενος από λήψη πρωτοβουλιών

Italiano (Italian)
intraprendente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - empreendedor, audacioso

Русский (Russian)
предприимчивый, инициативный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - emprendedor, acometedor, activo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - företagsam, initiativrik

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有事业心的, 有魄力的, 富进取心的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有事業心的, 有魄力的, 富進取心的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기업 정신이 왕성한, 진취적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 進取の気性に富んだ, 進取的な, 冒険的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مقدام, مغامر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעל יוזמה, נמרץ‬

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