enterprising

About 1.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
2. adjective Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.
3. verb present participle and gerund of enterprise
4. noun The undertaking of an enterprise; purposeful activity; doings.

Similar words

venturesome industrious gumptious pushy ambitious pushful energetic aggressive up-and-coming pushing

Often followed by

and spirit young men people man of in individuals