ambitious

Eager for success

Ambitious describes someone who has strong desires for success, achievement, or advancement, often in career or social standing.

An ambitious person sets high goals and pursues them with determination.

The word can carry positive connotations of drive and aspiration, or negative ones suggesting excessive eagerness for power or status.

Projects and plans can also be ambitious when they're boldly conceived or require significant effort: an ambitious renovation, an ambitious five-year plan.

aspiring

goal-oriented

Focused on objectives

dreamer · striver · hopeful · eager · hungry · climbing · rising · budding · promising · enterprising

determined

resolute

Fixed in purpose

unwavering · dogged · unyielding · persistent · unrelenting · indomitable · single-minded · focused · committed · dedicated

competitive

rivalry

Ongoing contest between opponents

race · adversary · arena · trophy · winning · cutthroat · aggressive · ruthless · vying · striving

success

achievement

Accomplished goal or deed

recognition · advancement · glory · wealth · eminence · prestige · fame · excellence · influence · power

challenging

arduous

Demanding strenuous effort

daunting · rigorous · bold · audacious · complex · large-scale · far-reaching · sweeping · monumental · lofty

grandiose

extravagant

Exceeding sensible bounds

inflated · lofty · unrealistic · hubristic · megalomaniacal · pompous · vainglorious · self-aggrandizing · pie-in-the-sky · empire-building

Categories
Opposites
drive and aspiration

ambitiousunambitious

Lacking desire for achievement

ambitionless · complacent · aimless · directionless · nonambitious

effort and energy

ambitiouslazy

Avoiding effort or exertion

lethargic · idle · slothful · listless · indolent

contentment and satisfaction

ambitiouscontent

What something contains

satisfied · fulfilled · complacent · accepting · unassuming

Phrases
Family

ambition, unambitious, ambitiously, ambitiousness, ambitionless, overambitious, nonambitious, underambitious, overambitiousness

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