What is another word for initiative?
Synonyms for initiative
ɪˈnɪʃ i ə tɪv, ɪˈnɪʃ ə-ini·tia·tive
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Wiktionary
initiativenoun
Antonyms:
noninitiativeinitiativenoun
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
Antonyms:
noninitiativeinitiativenoun
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Synonyms:
direct initiative
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
initiative
Synonyms:
start, leadership, commencement, exampleAntonyms:
wake, rear, prosecution, termination
Princeton's WordNet
enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-aheadnoun
readiness to embark on bold new ventures
Synonyms:
opening move, endeavour, endeavor, go-ahead, enterprisingness, opening, first step, green light, enterpriseAntonyms:
closingfirst step, initiative, opening move, openingadjective
the first of a series of actions
Synonyms:
possibility, opening move, opening night, chess opening, curtain raising, go-ahead, hatchway, scuttle, opening, enterprisingness, gap, first step, orifice, enterprise, possible action, portaAntonyms:
closinginaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maidenadjective
serving to set in motion
"the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
Synonyms:
initiatory, maiden, inaugural, foremost, first, beginning(a), world-classAntonyms:
closing
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
initiativeadjective
Synonyms:
inceptive, initiatoryinitiativenoun
Synonyms:
beginning, first step
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "initiative":
initiatives, own-initiative, 'initiative, hdi, lead, project, fai, iniciativa, effort, instigation, psi, apci, endeavour, move
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#83 | first | |
#288 | project | |
#474 | start | |
#583 | example | |
#1142 | move | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1460 | enterprise | |
#1992 | effort | |
#2231 | leadership | |
#2265 | opening | |
#3455 | initiative | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#4319 | initiatives | |
#8802 | psi | |
#9922 | maiden | |
#11293 | commencement | |
#14599 | foremost | |
#16219 | endeavor | |
#17451 | inaugural | |
#18303 | endeavour | |
#27549 | porta | |
#28283 | fai | |
#37481 | orifice | |
#39404 | hdi | |
#70897 | scuttle | |
#88460 | instigation | |
#104335 | iniciativa | |
#188541 | initiatory | |
#192255 | apci | |
#228653 | hatchway |
How to use initiative in a sentence?
We have a lot of challenges but also opportunities, there is a great deal of policy initiative but it is not always coherent and in many cases, it is incomplete. If green growth is to have a chance, we must work to address that.
The discontinued curriculum guide was a short-lived initiative designed to provide educators with current information on vaping products in general to supplement existing tobacco prevention education, juul Labs stopped distribution in response to feedback from those who thought Juul Labs efforts were being misunderstood.
This initiative is the best chance California has to end a failed war on marijuana resulting in the criminalization of almost half a million people in the last decade.
If they feel a easing up of pressure from international forces on the ground, armed groups will try to retake the initiative and reimpose their views.
So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.
Translations for initiative
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- مبادرةArabic
- iniciativaCatalan, Valencian
- iniciativaCzech
- InitiativeGerman
- πρωτοβουλίαGreek
- iniciativasSpanish
- aloitteellisuus, aloite, aloitekyky, oma-aloitteisuusFinnish
- initiativeFrench
- पहलHindi
- iniziativaItalian
- יוזמהHebrew
- イニシアチブJapanese
- initiatiefDutch
- initiativNorwegian
- inițiativăRomanian
- инициативаRussian
- inicijatívaSerbo-Croatian
- iniciatívaSlovak
- initiativSwedish
- איניציאַטיווYiddish
- 主動Chinese
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