Ambitious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
  • adj. Greatly desirous; eager: "I am not ambitious of ridicule” ( Edmund Burke).
  • adj. Requiring or showing much effort; challenging: an ambitious schedule.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
  • adj. Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
  • adj. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
  • adj. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive.
  • adj. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by or possessing ambition; eagerly or inordinately desirous of obtaining power, superiority, or distinction.
  • Strongly desirous; eager: with of (formerly for) or an infinitive.
  • Springing from or indicating ambition.
  • Hence Showy; pretentious: as, an ambitious style; ambitious ornament.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. requiring full use of your abilities or resources
  • adj. having a strong desire for success or achievement
  • Equivalent
    difficult    hard    pushy    wishful    compulsive    manque    driven    determined    aspiring    would-be   
    Cross Reference
    desirous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    showy    aspiring    bold    audacious    soaring   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clever    proud    young    selfish    aggressive    unscrupulous    eager    jealous