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Entrepreneur - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | entrepreneur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who starts a business alone |
| Synonyms: | administrator, backer, businessperson, contractor, executive, founder, industrialist, manager, organizer, promoter, undertaker, impressario, producer |
| Main Entry: | adventurer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes risks |
| Synonyms: | charlatan, daredevil, entrepreneur, explorer, gambler, globetrotter, hero, heroine, madcap, mercenary, opportunist, pioneer, pirate, romantic, speculator, swashbuckler, traveler, wanderer, fortune-hunter, stunt person, venturer, voyager |
| Main Entry: | broker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial expert |
| Synonyms: | agent, dealer, entrepreneur, factor, financier, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, merchant, negotiator, business person, interagent, interceder, middleperson, stockbroker |
| Main Entry: | businessperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional working person |
| Synonyms: | baron, big wheel*, capitalist, dealer, employer, entrepreneur, executive, financier, industrialist, manager, merchant, operator, storekeeper, suit*, tycoon, wheeler-dealer*, big-time operator, businessman, businesswoman, career person, franchiser, gray flannel suit, merchandiser, organization person, small potatoes, the bacon, tradesperson, trafficker, working woman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capitalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in private ownership of business |
| Synonyms: | backer, banker, bourgeois, businessperson, entrepreneur, financier, investor, plutocrat, landowner, moneybags, one who signs the checks, the boss, the money |
| Antonyms: | communist |
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, juice*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, CO, head honcho, kingpin, slavedriver, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | executive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages an organization |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, administration, administrator, big wheel*, boss, brass, businessperson, chief, commander, director, entrepreneur, government, governor, head, hierarchy, industrialist, leader, leadership, management, manager, officer, official, skipper*, supervisor, tycoon, CEO, CO, directorate, exec, head honcho, head person, heavyweight, higher-up, key player, top brass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | financier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lends money, advises |
| Synonyms: | Santa Claus*, backer, banker, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat*, manipulator, merchant, money, operator*, speculator, sponsor, tycoon, bankroller, grubstaker, money lender, moneybags, person who writes the checks, rich person, staker, stockbroker, usurer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go-between |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as an agent |
| Synonyms: | arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, liaison, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative, interagent, interceder, intermediator, marriage broker, matchmaker |
| Main Entry: | intermediary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who negotiates |
| Synonyms: | agent, broker, channel, connection, delegate, emissary, entrepreneur, go-between*, influence, instrument, intercessor, intermediate, mediator, medium, middle person, negotiator, organ, vehicle, cutout, fixer, interagent, interceder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | middle person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts as intermediary |
| Synonyms: | agent, broker, connection, distributor, entrepreneur, go-between*, influence, intercessor, intermediate, mediator, representative, salesperson, fixer, interagent, interceder, intermediator, jobber*, wholesaler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mover and shaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes things happen |
| Synonyms: | VIP, catalyst, doer, entrepreneur, generator, heavy hitter, leader, lightning rod, player*, player, presence, spark plug, spark plug, upstart, whip, achiever, affluential, enterprising person, go-getter, go-getter, heavyweight, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, producer, trailblazer, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shopkeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merchant |
| Synonyms: | businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, proprietor, salesperson, seller, storekeeper, vendor, retailer, store owner, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | storekeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shopkeeper |
| Synonyms: | businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, merchant, proprietor, salesperson, seller, vendor, grocer, retailer, store owner, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | tycoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has a lot of money, power |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big shot*, boss, capitalist, director, entrepreneur, executive, fat cat*, financier, industrialist, investor, magnate, mogul, business person, captain of industry, wealthy person |
| Antonyms: | pauper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | middleman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intermediary |
| Synonyms: | agent, broker, connection, distributor, entrepreneur, go-between, influence, intercessor, intermediate, mediator, representative, fixer, interagent, interceder, intermediator, jobber, salesman, wholesaler |
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