enterprise
Ambitious commercial venture
Enterprise is a project or undertaking, especially one requiring effort or boldness: a risky enterprise, a commercial enterprise.
The word also names the quality itself—initiative and resourcefulness: She showed real enterprise in building her business.
An enterprise is often a business venture or company: a state-owned enterprise, free enterprise.
The word carries connotations of ambition and scale.
Purposeful sustained attempt
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
operation · campaign · pursuit · mission · objective · goal · plan · attempt
Legally separate business entity
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- commerceExchange of goods, services
industry · management · profit · revenue · merger · acquisition · shareholder · stakeholder
Federation's exploratory military
- KirkScottish masculine name
- PicardStarfleet commanding officer
- FederationNamed union of states
- SpockLogical alien or pediatrician
bridge · captain · crew · starship · Scotty · McCoy · Uhura · Sulu
Self-directed action capacity
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
determination · boldness · daring · audacity · industriousness · gumption · self-reliance · go-getter
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- journeyTravel from place to place
- questSeeking journey for something
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
adventure · discovery · pioneering · trailblazing · frontier · navigation · safari · traverse
endeavor
Purposeful sustained attempt
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- ventureRisky new undertaking
scheme · operation · campaign · pursuit · mission · objective · goal · plan · attempt · effort
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
commerce · industry · management · profit · revenue · merger · acquisition · shareholder · stakeholder · franchise
Starfleet
Federation's exploratory military
- KirkScottish masculine name
- PicardStarfleet commanding officer
- FederationNamed union of states
Spock · bridge · captain · crew · starship · Scotty · McCoy · Uhura · Sulu · Chekov
initiative
Self-directed action capacity
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- ambitionDesire for achievement
drive · determination · boldness · daring · audacity · industriousness · gumption · self-reliance · go-getter · risk-taking
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
odyssey · adventure · discovery · pioneering · trailblazing · frontier · navigation · safari · traverse · excursion
founders
Those who begin institutions
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- bootstrapStart without external resources
pitch · prototype · MVP · scaling · crowdfunding · equity · cofounder · pivot · unicorn · disruption
- entrepreneurshipstartup, founder, co-founder, cofounder, business plan
- business typesbig business, business, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership
- Soviet systemKremlin, five-year plans, central committee, Politburo, collectivization
- initiativesinitiative, campaign, program, drive, effort
- business lawbusiness law, commercial law, corporation, commercial code, S corp
- businesscompany, corporation, firm, commerce, revenue
enterpriselaziness
Unwillingness to exert oneself
passivity · idleness · apathy · inactivity · lethargy
enterprisetimidity
Fearful lack of courage
cowardice · faintheartedness · hesitation · reluctance · diffidence
- criminal enterpriseOrganized illegal business venture
- free enterprisePrivately owned, competitive economy
- private enterpriseIndividually owned business operation
- USS EnterpriseIconic American vessel name
- Starship EnterpriseFamous fictional vessel
- social enterpriseBusiness prioritizing impact over profit