Definition for Ambitious:

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources; " ambitious schedule"; " performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

Synonyms for Ambitious:

• adj.

  •aggressive (adjective)
  • pushing.
  •desiring success (adjective)
  • fireball,
  • longing,
  • come on strong,
  • power-loving,
  • anxious,
  • ardent,
  • goal-oriented,
  • go-getter,
  • inspired,
  • hard ball,
  • soaring,
  • High-reaching,
  • come on,
  • bent upon,
  • eager beaver,
  • ball of fire,
  • climbing,
  • self-starting.
  •desirous (adjective)
  • wishful.
  •requiring great effort, ability (adjective)
  • exacting,
  • impressive,
  • grandiose,
  • visionary,
  • elaborate,
  • bold,
  • severe.
  •up-and-coming (adjective)
  • up-and-coming.

• n.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • persistent,
  • earnest,
  • strong-willed,
  • purposeful,
  • insistent,
  • intent,
  • resolute,
  • unbroken,
  • steely,
  • unswerving,
  • unflinching,
  • dedicated,
  • heroic,
  • resolved,
  • tough-minded,
  • sedulous,
  • single-minded,
  • unstoppable,
  • vaulting,
  • persevering,
  • strenuous.
  •
  • tough,
  • stern,
  • unrelenting.
  •
  • iron,
  • robust.
  •
  • 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.