entrepreneur

Meaning

1. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
2. (archaic) A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
3. (figuratively, rare, sometimes) A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.
4. (obsolete) A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.

Synonyms

businessman

enterpriser

industrialist

employer

contractor

promoter

trader

venturer

tycoon

salesman

storekeeper

tradesman

undertaker

businessperson

business person

bargainer

proprietor of enterprise

impresario

jobber

manager

merchandiser

merchant

monger

operator

organizer

Translations

entrepreneur

Unternehmer

imprenditore

empresario

empresário

επιχειρηματίας

ondernemer

empreendedor

متعهد

emprendedor

impresario

girişimci

Entrepreneur

Unternehmerin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.

Sentences

David is an artist , best-selling author , entrepreneur and keynote speaker .