Initiative
Initiative noun - Readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity.
Source and initiative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Source" instead a noun "Initiative".
Source
Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
Initiative and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Initiative" instead a noun "Source".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Sexual Extortion: Sure, the sex-trader is the one taking the initiative, but what choice does he really have if the service is the only source of the medication his dying child needs, or the like?
Source: Sex for Services - This is the source of much humor on campus, including amongst the college feminist group that had been raising hell over the lack of initiative in catching the serial rapist on campus.
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Villain-by-Proxy Fallacy: Victoria has a tendency to consider Emily the source of all her problems, despite the fact that the vast majority were directly caused by either Conrad, the Initiative, her mother or herself.
Source: Series / Revenge
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Source and Initiative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/initiative/source
Initiative & Source. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/initiative/source>.
Source or Initiative. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/initiative/source.
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