entrepreneurial
adjective
en·tre·pre·neur·ial
ˌän-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər-ē-əl
-ˈn(y)u̇r-,
ˌäⁿn-
: having to do with the creation and development of economic ventures : of, relating to, characteristic of, or suited to an entrepreneur
entrepreneurial skills/ambitions/projects
entrepreneurial zeal
With your colleagues and the kids out of the way, what do you buy for that spouse or friend who's gone the entrepreneurial route and is working at home?—Don Crabb
Harvard Business School, long known as a gateway to corporate America, last October established a beachhead in the nation's entrepreneurial epicenter, California's Silicon Valley.—Marc Ballon
… economic development is more likely to occur (if at all) in the more entrepreneurial southern region.—Sarah Searight
also
: engaged or interested in the development of economic ventures
an ambitious and entrepreneurial young woman
a company founded by a group of entrepreneurial scientists
entrepreneurialism
noun
The map shows the distribution of high-tech manufacturing firms in the southeastern United States …, helping to identify towns and cities that are lodestones of high-tech entrepreneurialism.
—John Tierney
entrepreneurially
adverb
… some 25 teams, drawn mostly from the ranks of universities and entrepreneurially minded engineers …
—Joseph Hooper
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“Entrepreneurial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneurial. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.
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