Definition for Ambition:

• a strong drive for success

Synonyms for Ambition:

• n.

  •
  • design,
  • view,
  • planned.
  •aim (noun)
  • in-tents,
  • in-tent,
  • where is heading,
  • de sign,
  • in tent,
  • where is headings,
  • where one is headings,
  • de-signs,
  • in tents,
  • de signs,
  • de-sign.
  •ambition (noun)
  • ambitiousness.
  •aspiration (noun)
  • fire belly,
  • fire the belly.
  •contemplation (noun)
  • de-liberation,
  • re flections,
  • re-flections,
  • re flection,
  • de liberations,
  • re-flection,
  • de liberation,
  • de-liberations.
  •desire (noun)
  • prurience,
  • doting,
  • Propensities,
  • salacity,
  • salacities,
  • libidinousness,
  • pruriency,
  • lustfulness,
  • yearning.
  •destination (noun)
  • landingplace,
  • landingplaces,
  • landing-places,
  • journey's ends,
  • landing places,
  • resting places,
  • restingplaces,
  • journey ends,
  • restingplace,
  • resting-places,
  • journey end,
  • journeys ends,
  • journeys end.
  •dream (noun)
  • flight fancy.
  •drive (noun)
  • impellents,
  • what take,
  • what takes,
  • what it take.
  •eagerness (noun)
  • greedinesses,
  • intentnesses,
  • impetuosities.
  •enterprise (noun)
  • fore-sight,
  • self reliance,
  • fore sight,
  • re-source,
  • re-sources,
  • re sources,
  • selfreliance,
  • fore sights,
  • re source,
  • fore-sights.
  •get-up-and-go (noun)
  • Vitalis,
  • get up and go,
  • Vitali.
  •goal (noun)
  • ground zeroes,
  • ground zeros.
  •hope (noun)
  • hopefulness,
  • greedy glutton,
  • castles in air,
  • bright side,
  • light at end of tunnel,
  • thing with feathers,
  • rosiness.
  •purpose (noun)
  • pre-meditation,
  • where one headed,
  • whole ideas,
  • de-terminations,
  • de termination,
  • de-termination,
  • where ones headeds,
  • pre meditation,
  • re solves,
  • pro positions,
  • whatfors,
  • re-solve,
  • whyfors,
  • pro position,
  • why wherefores,
  • pre-meditations,
  • re-solves,
  • where one's headeds,
  • where ones headed,
  • where headeds,
  • why and wherefores,
  • de terminations,
  • where one headeds,
  • ulterior motives,
  • why wherefore,
  • where headed,
  • pre meditations,
  • re solve,
  • big ideas,
  • pro-positions.
  •pursuit (noun)
  • profession,
  • lodestar,
  • undertaking,
  • quest,
  • life work,
  • vocation,
  • pursuit,
  • mission,
  • search.
  •strong desire for success (noun)
  • emulation,
  • striving,
  • appetite,
  • hankering,
  • passion,
  • earnestness,
  • enthusiasm,
  • zeal,
  • craving,
  • avidity,
  • itch,
  • hunger,
  • right stuff,
  • love,
  • lust,
  • thirst,
  • ardor,
  • keenness.
  •target (noun)
  • bull'seye,
  • bulleye,
  • bullseye,
  • bull-eye.
  •wish (noun)
  • dis-position,
  • dis position,
  • in-vocations,
  • in vocation,
  • re-quests,
  • re quests,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis positions,
  • in vocations.

• v.

  •emotion (verb)
  • ambition.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • calling,
  • moxie,
  • mettle,
  • backbone,
  • perversity,
  • the law of the jungle,
  • persistence,
  • staying power,
  • vigor,
  • perseverance,
  • stamina,
  • tenacity.
  •
  • energy,
  • megalomania,
  • fix on,
  • grit.
  •
  • determination,
  • intent,
  • why,
  • resolve,
  • fight.
  •
  • commitment,
  • meaning,
  • resolution,
  • direction.
  •
  • spirit.
  •
  • call,
  • end.
  •
  • point.

Paraphrases for Ambition:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ambitiousness.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    desire.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    objective, goal, purpose, longing, commitment, target, intent, effort, endeavour, wish, suction, attempt, willingness, dream, expectation, eagerness, pursuit.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intention, aim, ambitious, yearning, determination, quest, greed.

Antonyms for Ambition:

• n.

  • strong desire for success
    disgust, dislike, disinterest, aversion, hatred, repulsion, hate, laziness, pessimism, distaste, idleness, lethargy.
  • Other antonyms:
    hesitation, timidity, apathy, inactivity, satisfaction, faintheartedness, humility, way, diffidence, contentment, means, indifference, halfheartedness, passivity, reluctance, unconcern, carelessness, method.

Ambition Sentence Examples:

• Have ambition to succeed and you will succeed.

• He affected an ambition to write a letter to his son on that gentleman's first birthday, and so " Let's see what 'I send you these few scrapes' is like, Grizel."

Homophones for Ambition:

• amphetamine, amputation.

Hypernym for Ambition:

• n.

  • feeling
    American Dream, nationalism, emulation.

Hyponym for Ambition:

• n.

  • feeling
    desire.

• v.

  • emotion
    desire, want.