initiative: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 13 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of initiative
adj
- US, not-comparable
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
- archaic, not-comparable
Serving to initiate.
Source: Wiktionary — initiative.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A beginning; a first move.
- countable, uncountable
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
- countable, uncountable
The ability to act first or on one's own.
- countable, uncountable
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Listed forms: initiatives.
Source: Wiktionary — initiative.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for initiative.
adjective
serving to set in motion
noun
readiness to embark on bold new ventures
- enterprise
- enterprisingness
- go-ahead
noun
the first of a series of actions
- first step
- opening move
- opening
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is initiative in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of initiative
I(1) + N(1) + I(1) + T(1) + I(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of initiative
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from initiative
76 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in initiative. Showing up to 24, longest first.