initiative

(s) serving to set in motion
- the magazine's inaugural issue
- the initiative phase in the negotiations
- an initiatory step toward a treaty
- his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
- the liner's maiden voyage
initiatory, maiden, inaugural, first,

Nouns

(n) readiness to embark on bold new ventures enterprisingness, go-ahead, enterprise,
(n) the first of a series of actions first step, opening move, opening,

Synonyms

enterprisingness go-ahead enterprise initiatory maiden inaugural first first step opening move opening

Words of close approximity

initiation