ENTERPRISE Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

enterprise

noun

ˈen-tər-ˌprīz

Definition of enterprise

as in company

a commercial or industrial activity or organization the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises

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as in ambition

readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity the enterprise shown by the early developers and promoters of personal computers

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as in venture

a risky undertaking the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out

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sure thing

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Recent Examples of enterprise While very effective, this can be a very costly enterprise, especially in colder weather. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 This isn’t a eulogy for free enterprise, which Americans strongly support. — Jason Thurlkill, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The future enterprise may need to be more compute-agnostic, meaning the ability to deploy workloads on resources that enables the best combination of performance, cost, resilience, throughput, security and business outcome. — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 After falling about 40% in the first quarter of 2026, during which the enterprise software stock at various points was trading at not even three times revenue, the stock went on to surge more than 55% in the third. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enterprise

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprise

Noun

Martínez continues to lead the company alongside Luis Miguel Calvo, head of content at Gersh International.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
But even as the world's first trillionaire and India's second-richest businessman contest to provide internet to the remote areas of India, some experts are not convinced Jio Platforms has enough to be defined as a tech company.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of company

Noun

Our ambition is to bring together creative and operational talent within a group that stays human in scale.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Collins followed up Ossoff’s presidential ambition denials on the debate stage by claiming the Democrat is playing the long game and would ultimately seek the White House.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambition

Noun

Dazzle, the new venture, is a personal AI assistant that learns from the photos on a user’s phone, said Mayer.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Founders can also pursue a new business idea if the original venture changes or ends, provided that the new plan meets those standards.

— Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of venture

Noun

Global companies have cut thousands of jobs after investing heavily in AI, with many, primarily tech firms, pointing to higher efficiencies from the technology's rapid adoption.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
The firm develops aerodynamic solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks and trailers.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of firm

Noun

Imageworks’ mentorship program, which began as a diversity initiative with about 30 participants, is now oversubscribed every year, Grady said.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The result was a company looking to cut operating costs as part of other internal initiatives to better monetize big-ticket acquisitions.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of initiative

Noun

Eleven years later, that gamble is looking like an absolute steal.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a final appeal to voters considering a path toward independence in his home province of Alberta on Friday, warning that a referendum is a dangerous gamble at a time of growing threats to Canada’s sovereignty.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of gamble

Noun

The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came out of the house to remove Gonzalez.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The following day, investigators recovered the two Renoirs from a house in Clermont-l’Hérault, where they had been concealed behind a false wall constructed from bricks and plasterboard.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

Because the phenomenon typically reaches its greatest strength around December, NOAA says there’s a 75% chance that the current El Niño will exceed the strength of previous events dating back to at least 1950.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
The strongest upper-level forcing will remain northwest of DFW, creating a sharp gradient in rain chances.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026