enterprises

NOUN

adventure, undertaking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity business company firm operation program project trade venture

STRONG

action affair attempt baby bag ballgame bit campaign cause concern crusade deal deed do effort endeavor engagement essay establishment flier game happening hazard house move outfit performance plan plunge proposition purpose pursuit risk scheme speculation stake striving stunt task thing try work

WEAK

big idea biggie follow through pet project

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness

STRONG

abstention certainty entertainment fact failure fun inaction inactivity laziness pastime reality safety surety surrender whole

WEAK

apathy indolence passiveness passivity unemployment

NOUN

resourcefulness, energy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity industry resource

STRONG

adventurousness alertness ambition audacity boldness courage daring dash drive eagerness enthusiasm force foresight get-up-and-go gumption hustle initiative inventiveness pluck push readiness self-reliance spirit venturesomeness vigor zeal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness indolence laziness

STRONG

apathy cowardice discouragement disinterest fear humility indifference lethargy meekness timidity weakness

WEAK

inactivity passiveness passivity unemployment

Example Sentences

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I hadn’t thought about it so much in the beginning, and this is not remotely to compare myself to him, but our enterprises have a lot of similarities.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

One might ask what inspired Greenspan’s faith in, well, the faithfulness of business enterprises, given centuries of proof otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Support is also materializing among state-owned enterprises, with actual orders placed, MS adds in a research note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Spain-based Cuban economist Pedro Monreal warned that a quick-fire sale of state enterprises "without robust legal safeguards" could result in "the capture of state assets by insiders well-connected to those in power."

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Perhaps, however, we are linked in circuits for the storage, processing, and retrieval of information, since this appears to be the most basic and universal of all human enterprises.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas