Initiative - How To Discuss

Initiative,

Definition of Initiative:

1. The individual action that initiates the process, usually without direct management and influence. For example, an employee may take the initiative to introduce new products or services that the company may offer.

2. A process or strategy designed to solve a problem or improve a situation, a new approach to something.

3. The right to make laws (especially in some US and Swiss states).

4. Ability to independently review and launch something.

5. The power or opportunity to act or take responsibility in front of others.

Synonyms of Initiative

Incunabular, Dash, Primitive, Budding, Go-ahead, Procreative, First move, Zip, Getup, Punch, Indirect initiative, Rudimental, Statutory referendum, Plebiscitum, Constitutional referendum, Inchoate, Measure, Inchoative, Pepper, Elan, Mandatory referendum, First glance, Kick, Drive, First, Fundamental, Go-getting, Primitivity, Embryonic, Stratagem, Step, Elemental, Enterprise, First blush, Spunk, Lead, Pushiness, Snap, Warming-up, Adventurousness, Enterprise, Inceptive, Ur, Inventiveness, Go-to-itiveness, Inventive, Infant, First impression, Go, Advantage, Formative, Ginger, Ambition, Resourcefulness, Infantile, Primeval, Plebiscite, Verve, Forcefulness, Opening move, Gambit, Gambit, In the bud, Recall, Original, Le premier pas, Enterprisingness, Primary, Parturient, First inning, Leadership, Thrust, Starch, First step, Aggressiveness, Technique, Whip hand, Capability, Abecedarian, First lap, Upper hand, Up-and-comingness, In embryo, Force, Initial, Incipient, Autochthonous, Creative, Nascent, Vim, Rudimentary, First round, Postnatal, Direct initiative, Act, Proposal, Facultative referendum, Foundational, Plan, Scheme, ■■■■, Dynamism, Primal, Introductive, Push, Alpha, In its infancy, ■■■■ and vinegar, Elementary, Pregnant, Manoeuvre, Pizzazz, Beginning, Get-up-and-go, Venturousness, Energy, Trump card, Breaking-in, Gestatory, Referendum, Primitiveness, Vigor, Zing, Antenatal, Prenatal, Fetal, Get-up-and-get, Gumption, Adventuresomeness, Aggression, Strategy, Prime, Edge, Introductory, Fire, Ambitiousness, Inaugural, Action, First stage, Baptismal, Mandate, ■■■■, Venturesomeness, Initiatory, Hustle, Resourcefulness, Lead, Spirit, Pushingness, Pep, Aboriginal, Primogenial, First sight, Natal, Pushfulness

How to use Initiative in a sentence?

1. Roger praised the move to change signals to make it easier to access the new office.
2. Use your initiative, imagination and intellect.
3. Most changes are made by the legislature as opposed to the constitutions of individual states.
4. We look for people who take the initiative to share their ideas, help improve our business, talk about problems and suggest possible solutions.
5. We lost the initiative and let our opponents rule on this issue.
6. When teachers asked students to share the project they had been working on for months, the police took the initiative.
7. New measures against automobile crime.