pet project

NOUN

enterprise

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 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

Antonyms

STRONG

pastime

WEAK

unemployment

NOUN

venture

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deal endeavor enterprise experiment investment project undertaking

STRONG

adventure baby chance essay exploit feat hazard header jeopardy peril proposition pursuit risk setup shot spec speculation stab stake test thing trial wager

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness

STRONG

assurance certainty fact inaction protection reality safety surety

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They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

After that, the composer turned his attention to a big band pet project, making ends meet with leftover work scoring German TV shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

These are the new version of high scores, in a multibillion-dollar industry that started with one student’s pet project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The Mayan Train is a pet project of López Obrador to build a tourist train around the Yucatan peninsula.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Wilkins’s pet project at King’s was solving the three-dimensional structure of DNA.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

pet project

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