Synonyms of bootstrapper

bootstrapper

noun

as in powerhouse

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

he was the proverbial bootstrapper, having worked his way up from the mail room to the corner office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powerhouse
• hustler
• self-starter
• highflyer
• go-getter
• achiever
• live wire
• go-ahead
• highflier
• doer
• enterpriser
• hummer
• individualist
• eager beaver
• comer
• he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idler
• loafer
• slacker
• trifler
• drone
• shirker
• procrastinator
• malingerer
• sluggard
• dawdler
• lounger
• dreamer
• putterer
• lazybones
• loiterer
• goldbrick
• laggard
• lingerer
• dropout
• slowpoke
• quitter
• daydreamer
• ignorer
• dallier
• stick-in-the-mud
• neglecter
• ne'er-do-well