en·tre·pre·neur·ial
ˌän-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər-ē-əl 
-ˈn(y)u̇r-,
ˌäⁿn-
: having to do with the creation and development of economic ventures : of, relating to, characteristic of, or suited to an entrepreneur
entrepreneurial skills/ambitions/projects
entrepreneurial zeal
With your colleagues and the kids out of the way, what do you buy for that spouse or friend who's gone the entrepreneurial route and is working at home?—
Don Crabb
Don CrabbHarvard Business School, long known as a gateway to corporate America, last October established a beachhead in the nation's entrepreneurial epicenter, California's Silicon Valley.—Marc Ballon
Marc Ballon… economic development is more likely to occur (if at all) in the more entrepreneurial southern region.—Sarah Searight
Sarah Searight
also
: engaged or interested in the development of economic ventures
an ambitious and entrepreneurial young woman
a company founded by a group of entrepreneurial scientists
entrepreneurialism
noun
The map shows the distribution of high-tech manufacturing firms in the southeastern United States …, helping to identify towns and cities that are lodestones of high-tech entrepreneurialism.
—John Tierney
John Tierney
entrepreneurially
adverb
… some 25 teams, drawn mostly from the ranks of universities and entrepreneurially minded engineers …
—Joseph Hooper
Joseph Hooper
en·tre·pre·neur·i·al·ism
¦än‧trəp(r)ə¦nər‧ēəˌlizəm
-n(y)u̇r- also -nə̄r-
: the policies, practices, or attitudes of an entrepreneur
With the exception of raw materials, the location of industries is determined not by fixed advantage (either absolute or comparative) but by public policy or private entrepreneurialism.—Michael Lind, Prospect, January 2003
Michael Lind, Prospect, January 2003Examples of entrepreneurial in a Sentence
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Anthony Hernandez,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
My brother followed a more entrepreneurial path and has done well.
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Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
America's remarkable technological prowess, prodigious military capabilities, wide range of underlying economic strengths, history of resilience, and entrepreneurial spirit remain pillars of progress and reasons for optimism.
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Robert Hormats,
Time,
4 July 2026
My dad's very entrepreneurial, so that kind of bled over onto me.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
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Adjective
Yet one of the country’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial pipelines already exists.
—
Anthony Hernandez,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
My brother followed a more entrepreneurial path and has done well.
—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
America's remarkable technological prowess, prodigious military capabilities, wide range of underlying economic strengths, history of resilience, and entrepreneurial spirit remain pillars of progress and reasons for optimism.
—
Robert Hormats,
Time,
4 July 2026
My dad's very entrepreneurial, so that kind of bled over onto me.
—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
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“Entrepreneurial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneurial. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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