initiative

initiative is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
2. noun. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
3. noun. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
4. noun. the first of a series of actions

   Synonyms: opening

5. noun. readiness to embark on bold new ventures

   Synonyms: enterprise

6. adjective. serving to set in motion

   "the magazine's inaugural issue"

   "the initiative phase in the negotiations"

   Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiatory, maiden

Synonyms

opening, enterprise, first, inaugural, initiatory, maiden

Common word forms

initiatives, initiatively

Words from these letters

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