aspiration
What you pursue
Aspiration is a strong desire to achieve something significant: She had aspirations of becoming a surgeon.
The word suggests ambition directed toward a worthy goal.
In medicine, aspiration is the drawing of fluid or foreign matter into the lungs, or the removal of fluid from the body by suction.
To aspirate a sound is to pronounce it with an audible breath.
Operate a vehicle
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
willpower · zeal · initiative · energy · vigor · fortitude · resilience · commitment
Taking breath in
- breathAir taken in
- inhaleDraw air in
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- airwayPassage for breath
trachea · lungs · pulmonary · suction · pneumatic · vacuum · breathe · respiratory
Ability to see
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- utopiaImagined perfect society
idealism · wishful · longing · yearning · visionary · imagining · pie-in-the-sky · stargazing
Tendency to expect good
- faithTrust without proof
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- desireIntense wanting
- wishYearned-for outcome
prospect · promise · potential · anticipation · confidence · belief · hopeful · yearning
Purpose or goal
- targetObject of pursuit
- aimPurpose or direction
- purposeReason something exists
- intentionPlanned purpose for acting
milestone · benchmark · achievement · accomplishment · attainment · outcome · mission · pursuit
Strongly desiring achievement
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- climbingAscending by physical effort
ladder · striving · upward · mobility · professional · executive · entrepreneurial · leadership
drive
Operate a vehicle
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
grit · willpower · zeal · initiative · energy · vigor · fortitude · resilience · commitment · dedication
inhalation
Taking breath in
- breathAir taken in
- inhaleDraw air in
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
airway · trachea · lungs · pulmonary · suction · pneumatic · vacuum · breathe · respiratory · ventilation
vision
Ability to see
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
utopia · idealism · wishful · longing · yearning · visionary · imagining · pie-in-the-sky · stargazing · dreamer
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- faithTrust without proof
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- desireIntense wanting
wish · prospect · promise · potential · anticipation · confidence · belief · hopeful · yearning · longing
objective
Purpose or goal
intention · milestone · benchmark · achievement · accomplishment · attainment · outcome · mission · pursuit · quest
ambitious
Strongly desiring achievement
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
climbing · ladder · striving · upward · mobility · professional · executive · entrepreneurial · leadership · prosperity
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- Buddhist virtuesdana, generosity, morality, patience, perseverance
- Integral Yogasupermind, overmind, spiritual transformation, divine consciousness, inner transformation
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- ambitionambition, goal, strive, goals, initiative
aspirationapathy
Absence of feeling
complacency · aimlessness · laziness · lethargy · indolence
aspirationindifference
Lack of interest
unconcern · disinterest · halfheartedness · apathy · aversion
aspirationapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · unconcern · disinterest · detachment · halfheartedness
- career aspirationsDesired professional trajectory
- hidden aspirationsUndisclosed personal goals
- aspiration pneumoniaLung infection from aspirated material