self-starter

[self-stahr-ter]

noun

1. starter.

2. Informal.,  a person who begins work or undertakes a project on their own initiative, without needing to be told or encouraged to do so.

self-starter

noun

1. the former name for a starter

2. a person who is strongly motivated and shows initiative, esp at work

Other Word Forms

• self-starting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-starter¹

First recorded in 1890–95