Synonyms for Ambitious:

• adj.

  •aggressive (adjective)
  • pushing.
  •all (adjective)
  • ambitious.
  •aspiring (adjective)
  • on make,
  • more striving,
  • Endeavoring,
  • more aspirant,
  • most striving,
  • most aspirant,
  • more endeavoring,
  • most endeavoring.
  •competitive (adjective)
  • more streetwise,
  • more competing,
  • most killer,
  • more killer,
  • killer,
  • most competing,
  • most streetwise,
  • dog eat dog,
  • killer instinct,
  • more vying,
  • most vying.
  •demanding (adjective)
  • ex acting,
  • most backbreaker,
  • importunate,
  • ex-acting,
  • more backbreaker.
  •desiring success (adjective)
  • ball of fire,
  • eager beaver,
  • go-getter,
  • hard ball,
  • inspired,
  • climbing,
  • fireball,
  • soaring,
  • ardent,
  • goal-oriented,
  • power-loving,
  • self-starting,
  • come on,
  • anxious,
  • longing,
  • bent upon,
  • High-reaching,
  • come on strong,
  • get up and go.
  •desirous (adjective)
  • prehensile,
  • wishful.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • painful,
  • no picnic,
  • up-stream,
  • easier said than done,
  • not easy,
  • upstream,
  • galling,
  • Difficile,
  • effortful,
  • hard-won,
  • immense,
  • Operose.
  •driven (adjective)
  • more impelled,
  • monomaniacal,
  • most monomaniacal,
  • more monomaniacal,
  • mono-maniacal,
  • more galvanized,
  • more motivated,
  • most pushed,
  • most guided,
  • most herded,
  • more herded,
  • impelled,
  • mono maniacal,
  • more pushed,
  • most motivated,
  • most consumed,
  • most galvanized,
  • more steered,
  • most steered,
  • more guided,
  • most impelled.
  •eager (adjective)
  • more hankering,
  • ready and willing,
  • most self-starting,
  • most selfstarting,
  • most fervid,
  • most hankering,
  • more selfstarting,
  • more self starting,
  • more appetent,
  • ready willing,
  • in tent,
  • most self starting,
  • hot trot,
  • rarin go,
  • most appetent,
  • more fervent,
  • self starting,
  • rarin to go,
  • rarin' go,
  • most warmblooded,
  • more eager,
  • most pining,
  • selfstarting,
  • more pining,
  • more warmblooded,
  • more self-starting,
  • vehement.
  •enterprising (adjective)
  • more itching,
  • more go-go,
  • more gogo,
  • take-over,
  • most go go,
  • more diligent,
  • more advancing,
  • most advancing,
  • most take over,
  • more takeover,
  • most go-go,
  • most lusting,
  • most itching,
  • most gogo,
  • GOGO,
  • go go,
  • more take over,
  • most gumptious,
  • more gumptious,
  • more take-over,
  • more lusting,
  • most takeover,
  • coming strong,
  • more go go,
  • most take-over.
  •go-ahead (adjective)
  • more go getting,
  • most gogetting,
  • goahead,
  • go getting,
  • most go getting,
  • more entrepreneurial,
  • more go-getting,
  • most pioneering,
  • most go-getting,
  • most entrepreneurial,
  • more pioneering,
  • gogetting,
  • more gogetting.
  •grand (adjective)
  • aweinspiring,
  • fabber,
  • awe inspiring,
  • most dynamite,
  • sub lime,
  • grandest,
  • firstrate,
  • out standing,
  • more dynamite,
  • first rate,
  • most smashing,
  • un-real,
  • sub-lime,
  • very good,
  • more luxurious,
  • more smashing,
  • fabbest.
  •grandiose (adjective)
  • high falutin',
  • over-whelming,
  • over whelming,
  • grandiose,
  • highflown,
  • high-falutin,
  • high flown,
  • highfalutin,
  • un fathomable.
  •lofty (adjective)
  • high minded,
  • loftier,
  • snootiest,
  • highminded,
  • Over-bearing,
  • in-solent,
  • in solent,
  • over bearing.
  •pushy (adjective)
  • more pushful,
  • pre sumptuous,
  • most pushful,
  • self assertive,
  • self-assertive,
  • officious,
  • selfassertive.
  •requiring great effort, ability (adjective)
  • exacting,
  • elaborate,
  • severe,
  • visionary,
  • impressive,
  • bold.
  •up-and-coming (adjective)
  • up-and-coming,
  • go getter.
  •utopian (adjective)
  • more pie in the sky,
  • un feasible,
  • more fantasy,
  • dreamest,
  • most pie in the sky,
  • more ideological,
  • more pie-in-the-sky,
  • un-feasible,
  • most pie-in-the-sky,
  • most ideological,
  • most idealist,
  • more idealist,
  • most fantasy.
  •visionary (adjective)
  • in the clouds,
  • introspective,
  • in clouds.
  •wishful (adjective)
  • more longful,
  • longful,
  • most longful.
  •would-be (adjective)
  • would be,
  • most wannabe,
  • wannabe,
  • wouldbe,
  • more wannabe.

• n.

  •
  • hopeful,
  • lackadaisical,
  • striving,
  • zealous,
  • avid,
  • designing,
  • scheming,
  • hungry,
  • industrious,
  • thirsty,
  • motivated,
  • predatory,
  • sharp,
  • resourceful,
  • enthusiastic,
  • driving,
  • energetic,
  • Hustling.
  •
  • desire,
  • be an effort,
  • complicated,
  • punishing,
  • taxing.
  •aggressive (noun)
  • aggressive.
  •ambitious (noun)
  • determined,
  • hard,
  • driven,
  • overambitious,
  • compulsive,
  • aspirant,
  • manque.
  •challenging (noun)
  • formidable,
  • arduous,
  • lofty.
  •cunning (noun)
  • machiavellian.
  •go-ahead (noun)
  • go-ahead.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • intent,
  • untiring,
  • indomitable,
  • strenuous,
  • unswerving,
  • persevering,
  • unbroken,
  • sedulous,
  • purposeful,
  • earnest,
  • tough-minded,
  • unflinching,
  • dogged,
  • undeterred,
  • stout,
  • bullheaded,
  • vaulting,
  • unstoppable,
  • heroic,
  • resolute,
  • insistent,
  • resolved,
  • unbowed,
  • hell-bent,
  • uncompromising,
  • dedicated,
  • strong-minded,
  • stoutly,
  • steely,
  • persistent,
  • single-minded,
  • relentless,
  • strong-willed,
  • unwavering,
  • pertinacious.
  •
  • hotly,
  • grim,
  • coming,
  • stern,
  • gritty,
  • tough,
  • tenacious,
  • unrelenting.
  •
  • iron,
  • robust.
  •
  • firm.
  •
  • strong.
  •
  • hot.

Paraphrases for Ambitious:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    over-ambitious, unambitious.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    ambiguous, demanding, difficult, tough, adventurous, mammoth, enterprising, brave, optimistic, arduous, wide-reaching, enormous, formidable, far-sighted, resplendent, onerous, thorough, sweeping, progressive, overarching, huge, Targeted, greedy, single-minded, daunting.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    aspirational, far-reaching, bold, courageous, audacious, lofty, daring, aggressive, magnificent, forward-looking, wide-ranging, exacting, grand, extensive, large-scale, massive, great, comprehensive, major, broad, substantial, vast, large.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ambition.

Antonyms for Ambitious:

• adj.

  • all
    unambitious.
  • desiring success
    fulfilled, easy, content, lethargic, facile, unassuming, satisfied, unenthusiastic.
  • requiring great effort, ability
    calm, weak.
  • Other antonyms:
    humble, groveling, disinterested, meek, apathetic, compliant, unobtrusive, demure, reserved, unassertive, amenable, overmodest, docile, mousy, uneager, resigned, retiring, bashful, shrinking, relaxed, unaggressive, unexcited, subservient, lowly, mild, subdued, tepid, cowering, quiet, acquiescent, sluggish, shy, casual, easygoing, uninterested, modest, halfhearted, submissive, timid, unenterprising, slavish, servile, passive, nonassertive, deferential, diffident, obsequious, tractable, yielding, indifferent, laid-back, lukewarm, cringing.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    diffuse, diffused, soft, undetermined.

Homophones for Ambitious:

• anabatic, amphibiotic, anabiotic.