entrepreneur

noun

Definition of entrepreneurnext
as in businessman
a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

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Recent Examples of entrepreneur Attacks on oil refineries have led to widespread fuel shortages, while strikes on warehouses operated by Russia’s largest online retailers, Wildberries and Ozon, have caused chaos for micro-entrepreneurs who rely on their networks. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 For her part, Elizabeth Hurley was in a long-term relationship with Hugh Grant from 1987 to 2000, and was married to Indian entrepreneur Arun Nayar from 2007 to 2011. — Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026 The entrepreneur creates the business, but the business creates the entrepreneur. — Jeff Degraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Matt Van Horn, an entrepreneur who co-founded the ridesharing service that became Lyft, has been tinkering with agents since the craze started late last year. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrepreneur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
  1. businessman
  2. merchant
  3. trader
  4. buyer
Noun
  • When Daunt said forty million pounds, the businessman looked pleased.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The billionaire businessman has made a lot of money betting early on the rise of industrial neighborhoods, like Lower Manhattan’s Meatpacking District and Miami’s Wynwood.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of businessman
Noun
  • Another tricky thing about the Arizona site was that it had been severed from its links to local merchants.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • After a grueling couple of days for tech stocks—propelled by drama and speculation around CoreWeave’s debt—traders bought the dip in the last 24 hours and stocks rose globally.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Aside from the change in volume, the mere announcement of the ban had an immediate impact on diesel prices among European traders, as noted by the Moscow Times at the time.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • Should something go awry, the swap would compensate the buyer.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fission’s approach is to act as the buyer, allowing investors to sell through its platform rather than wait for the fund to process a withdrawal.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of buyer

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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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