entrepreneur

/ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɝː/

nounen · tre · pre · neur

Think: "ENTER a business, TRY (tre) a plan, PREP (pre) hard, and you’re a NEUR (newer) entrepreneur."

Yes, it's entrepreneur. Watch the middle: it’s **entre-pre** (…tre**pre**…), and it ends with **-neur** (not -nuer or -ner).

Definition

  1. nounA person who starts, organizes, and runs a business, taking on financial risk in hopes of making a profit.

Examples

  • “The entrepreneur pitched her app idea to a room full of investors.”
  • “As an entrepreneur, he learned to handle both success and failure without giving up.”
  • “Our guest speaker was an entrepreneur who turned a small bakery into a nationwide brand.”

Synonyms

business ownerfounderstartup founderinnovatorenterpriser

Antonyms

employeeworker

Translations

ES emprendedorPT empreendedorFR entrepreneur

Common misspellings

enterpreneurentreprenuerentreproneurentrepraneurentrepreneorentrepreneurentrepreneür

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