ambitiousness
Hunger for success
Ambitiousness is the quality of having strong drive toward achievement or advancement.
The word carries the same dual nature as ambitious—it can suggest admirable determination or excessive hunger for success: Her ambitiousness impressed the hiring committee versus His ambitiousness made colleagues wary.
The noun ambition is far more common.
Firmness of purpose
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
willpower · grit · resolve · diligence · industriousness · vigor · fortitude · resilience
Favorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
attainment · fulfillment · feat · breakthrough · advancement · progress · culmination · fruition
Intended end results
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- visionAbility to see
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- targetsIntended aims or marks
pursuits · hopes · expectations · ideals · plans · schemes · designs · intentions
Lack of compassion or mercy
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- power-hungryObsessed with gaining control
self-serving · opportunism · scheming · Machiavellian · relentless · insatiable · calculating · conniving
determination
Firmness of purpose
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
initiative · willpower · grit · resolve · diligence · industriousness · vigor · fortitude · resilience · persistence
success
Favorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- victoryDefeating an opponent
triumph · attainment · fulfillment · feat · breakthrough · advancement · progress · culmination · fruition · masterpiece
goals
Intended end results
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- visionAbility to see
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
targets · pursuits · hopes · expectations · ideals · plans · schemes · designs · intentions · aims
ruthlessness
Lack of compassion or mercy
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
power-hungry · self-serving · opportunism · scheming · Machiavellian · relentless · insatiable · calculating · conniving · status-seeking
ambitiousnesscomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
contentment · unambitious · complacence · lack of ambition · satisfaction
ambitiousnessunambitious
Lacking desire for achievement
lack of ambition · laziness · idleness · slothfulness · indolence
ambitiousnesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
meekness · diffidence · self-effacement · modesty · unpretentiousness
ambition, ambitious, ambit, unambitious, ambitiously, ambitionless, overambitious, underambitious