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enterprise
action, eagerness to do something
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initiatory
beginning
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action
plan, eagerness to do something
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drive
enterprise, action
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get-up-and-go
enterprise, action
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ambition
enterprise, drive
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gumption
enterprise, eagerness to do something
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push
eagerness to do something, get-up-and-go
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energy
enterprise, drive
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leadership
drive, eagerness to do something
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inaugural
beginning
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opening
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spirit
drive
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resourcefulness
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inventiveness
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originality
imagination
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dynamism
drive
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initial
beginning
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first step
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opening move
first step
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pep
get-up-and-go
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introductory
beginning
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first
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moxie
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enthusiasm
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step
plan
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measure
plan
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resource
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punch
get-up-and-go, action
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lead
advantage
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initiatory, initiate, initiation, initiated, initiator, initiating
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- action
- drive
- leadership
- push
- ambition
- dynamism
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- get-up-and-go
- gumption
- inventiveness
- moxie
- originality
- punch
- resource
- resourcefulness
- spunk
- steam
- vigor
On this page you’ll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to initiative, such as: action, drive, leadership, push, ambition, and dynamism.
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WORDS RELATED TO INITIATIVE
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- avidity
- craving
- desire
- drive
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulation
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- fire in belly
- get up and go
- hankering
- hope
- hunger
- initiative
- itch
- keenness
- longing
- love
- lust
- moxie
- passion
- pretension
- push
- right stuff
- spirit
- striving
- thirst
- vigor
- yearning
- zeal
- appetites
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- aspirations
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- cravings
- desires
- drives
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulations
- energies
- enterprises
- enthusiasms
- fire in bellies
- get up and gos
- hankerings
- hopes
- hunger
- initiatives
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- loves
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- pretensions
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- right stuffs
- spirits
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- advance
- aggression
- assailing
- assailment
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- charge
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- ailments
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- ambition
- clout
- effort
- energy
- enterprise
- fire in belly
- get-up-and-go
- goods
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- impellent
- impetus
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- initiative
- momentum
- motivation
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- moxie
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- right stuff
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- what it takes
- zip
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- initiatives
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initiativenoun
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initiativenoun
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
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initiativenoun
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Synonyms:
direct initiative
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enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-aheadnoun
readiness to embark on bold new ventures
Synonyms:
opening move, endeavour, endeavor, go-ahead, enterprisingness, opening, first step, green light, enterpriseAntonyms:
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first step, initiative, opening move, openingadjective
the first of a series of actions
Synonyms:
possibility, opening move, opening night, chess opening, curtain raising, go-ahead, hatchway, scuttle, opening, enterprisingness, gap, first step, orifice, enterprise, possible action, portaAntonyms:
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inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maidenadjective
serving to set in motion
«the magazine’s inaugural issue»; «the initiative phase in the negotiations»; «an initiatory step toward a treaty»; «his first (or maiden) speech in Congress»; «the liner’s maiden voyage»
Synonyms:
initiatory, maiden, inaugural, foremost, first, beginning(a), world-classAntonyms:
closing
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List of paraphrases for «initiative»:
initiatives, own-initiative, ‘initiative, hdi, lead, project, fai, iniciativa, effort, instigation, psi, apci, endeavour, move
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Dan Newman:
He will get plenty of exposure this fall via his support for the marijuana initiative and Hillary for President, being relentlessly attacked by the NRA isn’t something he needs for his personal ambition.
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Mike Rogers:
I was honored to talk to President Trump about this critical initiative and appreciate his support on an issue that is so important to me and the safety and security of the United States.
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Wedbush Securities:
I view the streaming endeavor as one of the most pivotal chapters in Cook’s legacy, ultimately, the success or failure of Apple’s streaming initiative is going to play a big role in the company’s ability to further monetize its 900 million iPhone customers worldwide.
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Veralda Schmidt:
It is not expected that the country’s power crisis will affect this initiative in any way. The companies are also exploring renewable energy sources to power their charging grid.
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Wladimir Klitschko:
It is the love, the love for my city, my home, my family, my neighbors, my daughter that has brought me here today, that I took this initiative and am now taking part in this territorial defense.
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1 advantage, beginning, commencement, first move, first step, lead
2 ambition, drive, dynamism, enterprise, get-up-and-go (informal) inventiveness, leadership, originality, push (informal) resource, resourcefulness
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
initiative
( initiatives plural )
1 n-count An initiative is an important act or statement that is intended to solve a problem.
usu with supp, oft N to-inf
Government initiatives to help young people have been inadequate…, There’s talk of a new peace initiative.
2 n-sing In a fight or contest, if you have the initiative, you are in a better position than your opponents to decide what to do next.
the N
We have the initiative; we intend to keep it…
3 n-uncount If you have initiative, you have the ability to decide what to do next and to do it, without needing other people to tell you what to do.
She was disappointed by his lack of initiative.
4 If you take the initiative in a situation, you are the first person to act, and are therefore able to control the situation.
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take the initiative phrase V inflects
We must take the initiative in the struggle to end the war…
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initiative
n.
ability to make decisions and take action without waiting for someone to tell you what to do
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