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To be ambitious is to have strong drive toward achievement, success, or advancement.
The phrase often carries positive connotations of motivation and goal-setting: She encouraged her students to be ambitious in their career plans.
But it can also suggest excessive hunger for power or status: He was ambitious to a fault, stepping on anyone in his way.
- aspireSeek to achieve
- dream bigAspire to greatness
- reach for the starsPursue ambitious goals
- aim highSeek ambitious goals
- think bigPursue ambitious goals
accomplish · make it happen · determined · driven · set goals · leader · confidence · entrepreneur · climb the ladder · optimism · courage · trailblazer · innovate · visionary · persevering · tenacity · prioritize · pioneer
effort and initiative
be ambitioustake it easy
Advice to relax
phone it in · go through the motions · underachieve · rest on one's laurels