About The Word Ambitious
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Ambitious Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Ambitious?
[adj] having a strong desire for success or achievement
[adj] requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ambitious: aggressive | aspirant | aspiring(a) | challenging | compulsive | determined | difficult | driven | enterprising | hard | manque | overambitious | pushful | pushing | pushy | would-be(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Ambitious: adventuresome | adventurous | aggressive | anxious | aspiring | audacious | avaricious | avid | bold | careerist | careeristic | chimerical | classy | daring | driving | dynamic | eager | emulous | energetic | enterprising | enthusiastic | extravagant | fancy | flossy | forceful | go-ahead | grandiose | greedy | hard-working | highfalutin | highfaluting | high-flown | high-flying | high-reaching | high-toned | hopeful | hustling | impractical | indefatigable | keen | lofty | on the make | ostentatious | overambitious | overzealous | power-hungry | pretentious | pushful | pushing | pushy | sky-aspiring | social-climbing | tony | unrealistic | up-and-coming | utopian | vaulting | vaunting | venturesome | venturous | vigorous | visionary | yuppy | zealous See Also | Ambitious In Webster's Dictionary \Am*bi"tious\, a. [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux.
See {Ambition}.]
1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or
inordinately desirous of power, honor, office,
superiority, or distinction.
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an
honorable man. --Shak.
2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive;
as, ambitious to be or to do something.
I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony.
--Evelyn.
Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in
vain. --Cowper.
3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition;
showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless
race, From off wide, ambitious base. --Collins.
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