ambition
Hunger for achievement
Ambition is a strong desire for achievement, success, or distinction.
The word often implies eagerness for advancement in status, wealth, or power: Her ambition drove her to work eighty-hour weeks.
Ambition can be admirable or ruthless depending on context—blind ambition suggests reckless pursuit regardless of cost.
An ambition is also a specific goal: His ambition was to climb Everest.
Strong desire for achievement
- visionAbility to see
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- wishYearned-for outcome
yearning · longing · hunger · thirst · appetite · desire · craving · pursuit
Firmness of purpose
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
willpower · resolve · persistence · initiative · diligence · hustle · eagerness · fervor
Rank increase or publicity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- corporateOf or relating to companies
executive · professional · networking · entrepreneur · leadership · title · position · status
Exceeding proper limits
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- ruthlessnessLack of compassion or mercy
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
- schemingCrafty and calculating
Machiavellian · vaulting · unbridled · insatiable · consuming · obsession · greed · avarice
Favorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
fulfillment · realization · breakthrough · milestone · feat · mastery · culmination · fruition
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
wish · yearning · longing · hunger · thirst · appetite · desire · craving · pursuit · quest
determination
Firmness of purpose
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
grit · willpower · resolve · persistence · initiative · diligence · hustle · eagerness · fervor · zeal
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- climbingAscending by physical effort
corporate · executive · professional · networking · entrepreneur · leadership · title · position · status · prestige
overreaching
Exceeding proper limits
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- ruthlessnessLack of compassion or mercy
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
scheming · Machiavellian · vaulting · unbridled · insatiable · consuming · obsession · greed · avarice · trampling
success
Favorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
attainment · fulfillment · realization · breakthrough · milestone · feat · mastery · culmination · fruition · completion
influence
Power to affect others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
supremacy · clout · command · empire · dynasty · throne · reign · conquest · dominion · ascendancy
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- ambitionaspire, aspiration, goal, strive, aspirations
- aspirationsdream, goals, dreams, purpose, mission
- character traitspersonality, virtue, temperament, honor, disposition
- competitivenessrivalry, vying, contending, outdoing, outperforming
- drama themesrevenge, betrayal, forbidden love, love triangle, family conflict
ambitioncontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · complacency · acceptance · equanimity · serenity
ambitionhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · diffidence · meekness · timidity · self-effacement
- imperial ambitionsDesire for empire-building
- lack of ambitionAbsence of drive
- be ambitiousDesire significant achievement
- human ambitionDrive to achieve more
- artistic ambitionDrive toward aesthetic excellence
- colonial ambitionsDrive to conquer territories
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