initiative (n.)
- abecedarian
- aboriginal
- adventurousness
- aggression
- aggressiveness
- alpha
- ambition
- ambitiousness
- bang
- beginning
- budding
- dash
- drive
- dynamism
- elan
- energy
- enterprise
- enterprisingness
- fire
- first
- force
- forcefulness
- formative
- fundamental
- gambit
- get-up-and-go
- getup
- ginger
- go
- go-ahead
- gumption
- hustle
- inaugural
- inchoative
- infant
- initial
- kick
- lead
- leadership
- mandate
- natal
- original
- pep
- pepper
- pizzazz
- plebiscite
- poop
- primary
- prime
- primitive
- primitiveness
- punch
- push
- pushiness
- recall
- referendum
- resourcefulness
- snap
- spirit
- spunk
- starch
- thrust
- ur
- venturesomeness
- venturousness
- verve
- vigor
- vim
- zing
- zip
initiative (adj.)
- abecedarian
- aboriginal
- alpha
- antenatal
- autochthonous
- bang
- baptismal
- beginning
- budding
- creative
- dash
- elan
- elemental
- elementary
- embryonic
- energy
- enterprise
- fetal
- fire
- first
- force
- formative
- fundamental
- ginger
- go
- inaugural
- inceptive
- inchoate
- inchoative
- incipient
- infantile
- initial
- initiatory
- introductory
- inventive
- lead
- nascent
- natal
- original
- parturient
- postnatal
- pregnant
- prenatal
- primal
- primary
- prime
- primeval
- primitive
- procreative
- rudimentary
- ur
- zing