Aspire

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Aspire means to seek to achieve something ambitious or lofty.

The word implies reaching upward toward goals that require effort and growth: She aspires to become a surgeon.

You can aspire to greatness, aspire to higher office, or aspire to a better life.

Aspiring describes someone pursuing but not yet achieving a goal: an aspiring writer, an aspiring musician.

ambition

dream

Sleeping mind's narrative

  • goalDesired end result
  • striveMake sustained effort
  • aimPurpose or direction

hope · desire · pursue · reach · yearn · seek · ambition · determination · motivation · drive

career

promotion

Rank increase or publicity

leadership · success · profession · corner office · title · position · trajectory · ladder · rise · achievement

transcendence

higher

More elevated in position

transcend · overcome · transform · self-actualization · fulfillment · meaning · purpose · calling · destiny · awakening

inspiration

motivate

Cause to act

elevate · kindle · spark · awaken · rouse · influence · mentor · role model · visionary · trailblazer

Categories
Opposites
ambition and goal-seeking

Aspiresettle

Reach final terms

give up · resign oneself · stagnate · languish · drift

emotional orientation toward life

Aspiredespair

Total absence of hope

despond · resign · surrender · succumb · abandon hope

social/economic movement

Aspiredecline

Decrease or refuse

sink · descend · fall · regress · deteriorate

Phrases
Family

aspires, aspired, aspiring, aspiration, aspirations, aspirational, aspirant, aspirants

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G