Reverse Dictionary: ENTERPRISING

ENTERPRISE, ENTERPRISING

ADJECTIVES
1832 — ADVENTUREFUL ready for adventure, enterprising
.M19 — GO-AHEAD enterprising, having energy and initiative
1855 — AGGRESSIVE energetic, enterprising, self-assertive, pushy
1871 — PUSHFUL active and energetic in pursuing one’s affairs; enterprising
1916 — PUSH-AND-GO ambitious, enterprising, determined
1942 — GUMPTIOUS ambitious, energetic, enterprising, eager → Amer. dial.


NOUNS
1616 — ADVENTRY an adventure; an enterprise or undertaking → obs.
1719 — GUMPTION practical good sense or initiative; shrewdness; courage; enterprise → colloq., orig. Sc.
..L18 — NO SLOUCH something good, acceptable, or enterprising → sl.
1841 — GET-UP energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination → sl., orig. US
1860 — SWIM an enterprise, a scheme → colloq.
1870 — GET-UP-AND-GET energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination → sl., orig. US
1885 — PUSH-AND-GO enterprise, initiative; drive, ambition; a being able to develop and carry out a scheme energetically → orig. US
1907 — GET-UP-AND-GO energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination → sl., orig. US
1946 — TAB an enterprise; an activity → US sl.


NOUNS, PERSON
1865 — RUSTLER a resourceful, enterprising, and energetic person → chiefly Amer. dial.
1883 — SOONER a quick, clever, or enterprising person → Amer. dial.
1910 — GO-GETTER an ambitious or enterprising person → sl., orig. US
1951 — HARD CHARGER an energetic, enterprising, and ambitious person; a go-getter → orig. US military sl.
1975 — GETTER a go-getter; an enterprising or ambitious person; a determined person, one likely to succeed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)