entrepreneurs

NOUN

person who starts a business alone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrator contractor executive manager producer

STRONG

backer businessperson founder industrialist organizer promoter

WEAK

impresario

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee

Example Sentences

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She noted that kind of disregard for risk is "valuable in entrepreneurs", But the courtroom is not a boardroom.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Across the tech sector, some entrepreneurs are feeling the pressure to cultivate not just business acumen but likability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

He also founded The Tony Elumelu Foundation that helps young African entrepreneurs.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Now they’re rising again, a battalion of restored and replica specimens, beloved by road-trippers, kitsch aficionados, artists, preservationists and savvy entrepreneurs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Few would deny that Barksdale is one of the great American entrepreneurs.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman