ENTP Relationships and Compatibility

Published August 15, 2019
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Exploring your natural tendencies can help you better understand yourself and what types of relationships will work best for you. Insight into your relationship needs can assist you in finding and maintaining healthy, loving relationships.

ENTP Traits

Those with ENTP traits prefer to spend time with others than alone, make decisions based on ideas and logic, and prefer to be scheduled versus go with the flow. Those with ENTP traits tend to enjoy creating, inventing, and problem solving and are known for their fast thinking.

ENTP Individuals and Dating

Within relationships, those with ENTP traits can be highly stimulating and fun to be around. They enjoy learning, breaking the rules, and exploring new ways to achieve their goals. Regardless of gender, those with ENTP traits tend to feel comfortable asking someone out, dating, and getting to know those who interest them. Although, it may take them some time to find a partner who intellectually stimulates them enough and who doesn't mind fast paced conversations. Date ideas include attending an art show, heading to a museum, as well as viewing or participating in an outdoor or sporting activity.

Commitment and Marriage

With the right partner, those with ENTP traits can be in a happily committed relationship or marriage. Those with ENTP traits are interested in learning about their partners and how they tick from a logical perspective, making them very observant partners.

Strengths

Those with ENTP traits can be thrilling partners filled with ideas and ready to share them in a passionate way. Always up for a challenge, those with ENTP traits speak with conviction and enjoy bantering with their partners. They are also quick to find inefficiencies and remedy them in ingenious ways with ease. They are also supportive partners who push their significant others to achieve their goals.

Room for Improvement

People with ENTP traits can be argumentative, mostly because the challenge excites them, but this may weigh on their relationship. To remedy this, those with ENTP traits can work on an awareness when it comes to challenging their partners and asking themselves if it's for the sake of arguing or if it's to foster a stimulating conversation. Although they are aware of their emotional process, they may struggle with emotional insight and not see the importance of delving into their emotional side when logic makes much more sense. Those with ENTP traits can work on boosting their emotional insight as a means to better understand themselves and their partner.

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Compatible Partners

People with ENTP traits work well with partners who perceive the world in similar ways and can keep up with their inventive and passionate conversation topics. Those who are compatible on paper may still struggle with relationship tiffs, but may have an easier time resolving issues.

ENFP

Those with ENFP traits are quite similar to those with ENTP traits aside from enjoying the exploration of the emotional unknown. People with ENFP traits are very supportive of their partner's goals and prefer to avoid the boring day-to-day tasks, instead opting for exciting and intellectually stimulating experiences. This makes those with ENTP and ENFP characteristics a great potential personality match.

INTJ

Those with INTJ traits love to explore and use an analytical and logical lens to look at the world. They also prefer organization over the go with the flow mentality. This could be a great potential match because both personality types enjoy exploring the world, having stimulating conversations, and prefer to not to delve into emotions.

ESTP

People with ESTP traits are quick thinkers, energetic, and charismatic. They prefer to ditch diving into the topic of emotions and want to engage with others in a lighthearted way. Like those with ENTP traits, those with ESTP traits enjoy problem solving and discovering what life has to offer in an active way making them a great potential match.

Least Compatible Partners

Partners who are least likely to get along can create some of the strongest relationships. Although challenging, a relationship with a partner who sees the world differently can be successful as long as both parties are willing to put in the work.

ESFJ

Those with ESFJ traits value tradition, organization, and emotional connection, making them a potentially challenging partner for those with ENTP traits. Because they value such different things and communicate in nearly opposite ways, this could be an incredible opportunity for growth for both parties, but also creates the potential for a lot of misunderstandings.

ISFP

Those with ISFP traits tend to be quiet, kind, and thoughtful within relationships. They enjoy engaging in creative projects and typically are not comfortable arguing or proving their point. They are also emotionally attuned to their partner's needs and make decisions based on their gut feelings. Because those with ENTP traits enjoy being challenged within conversations and like exploring their competitive side, this may be a more difficult match.

Communication Style

Those with ENTP traits communicate in a straightforward, logical way. They are passionate about their projects and interests and typically enjoy having challenging and exciting conversations with others where they can prove the validity of their thought process. People with ENTP traits may also engage in arguments as a means to stimulate their thought process and win as they do have some competitive drive.

Understanding ENTP Characteristics

Getting to know your natural characteristics can teach you a lot about your thought process, drives, and values. Doing so can also help you within relationships as insight is a major factor when it comes to relational success and harmony.

ENTP Relationships and Compatibility