Approach, ambition, advantage, act, and action are all synonyms for initiative. Inertia and laziness are these antonyms of initiative. And here are another 61 synonyms for initiative.
Initiative Synonyms
1. enterprise
- Ambition
- Ambitiousness
- Capability
- Creativity
- Dash
- Drive
- Dynamism
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Get-up-and-go
- Imagination
- Imaginativeness
- Ingenuity
- Inventiveness
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Originality
- Pep
- Punch
- Push
- Resourcefulness
- Spirit
- Verve
- Vigour
- Vision
- Vitality
- Zing
- Zip
- Pizzazz
2. advantage
- Advantage
- Beginning
- Edge
- First blow
- First move
- First step
- Gambit
- Lead
- Opening gambit
- Opening move
- Start
- Trump card
- Upper hand
- Whip hand
- Commencement
3. plan
- Act
- Action
- Approach
- Gambit
- Manoeuvre
- Measure
- Plan
- Proposal
- Scheme
- Step
- Stratagem
- Strategy
- Tack
- Tactic
- Technique
- Démarche