initiative
nounHow many syllables in initiative?
There are 4 syllables in the word initiative.How to pronounce initiative:
Definition of initiative:
- initiative (noun):
- a first step
- an introductory step
- readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
Synonyms for initiative:
act
action
aggressiveness
ambition
deal
drive
energy
enterprise
enterprisingness
first step
gambit
go
go-ahead
gumption
hustle
measure
opening
opening move
plan
procedure
proposal
scheme
spirit
strategy
suggestion
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Antonyms for initiative:
absence of feeling
accidie
acedia
aloofness
apathy
averseness
aversion
boredom
callousness
clumsiness
cold-bloodedness
coldness
complacence
coolness
cowardice
debt
demotivation
detachment
dilatoriness
directionlessness
discouragement
disdain
disinclination
disinterest
disinterestedness
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- incarnation
- electronics
- culminating
- untrustworthy
- prematurely
- ornamented
- menagerie
- forseeable
- compensation
- charioteer
- seriousness
- acquaintances
- residency
- inundation
- fluctuating
- communique
- anapestic
- inessential
- horseplayer
- genealogy
- hysteria
- catamaran
- antechamber
- refrigerate
- jalapeno
- equitable
- enervated
- confirmation
- reconstruction
- primordial
- evasively
- depreciation
- controllable
- unceasingly
- photocopy
- coprophilic
- voluntary
- self-complacent
- propensity
- disappearing
- uncreative
- estimating
- admonishment
- unstintingly
- remonstration
- macchiato
- literary
- infamously
- defamation
- checkerboarding
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