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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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Most enterprises fail — the so-called Anna Karenina principle.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

This view is supported by investment management agency Danantara Indonesia’s agenda to reduce the number of state-owned enterprises, which could include maritime services, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

They also spoke out against "pervasive, opaque and harmful industrial subsidies, market-distortive practices of state-owned enterprises, and all forms of forced technology transfer".

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The number of foreign-owned enterprises rose 4% to 19,717, as did the number of jobs they supported, to 847,245, stated the report by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

You look around for the enterprises that we engage in collectively and unconsciously, the things we build like wasp nests, individually unaware of what we are doing.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas