What is another word for ambitious?
302 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ambˈɪʃəs], [ ambˈɪʃəs], [ a_m_b_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for ambitious:- aggressive (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- aspiring (adjective)
- competitive (adjective)
- demanding (adjective)
- desiring success (adjective)
- desirous (adjective)
- difficult (adjective)
- driven (adjective)
- eager (adjective)
- enterprising (adjective)
- go-ahead (adjective)
- grand (adjective)
- grandiose (adjective)
- lofty (adjective)
- pushy (adjective)
- requiring great effort, ability (adjective)
- up-and-coming (adjective)
- utopian (adjective)
- visionary (adjective)
- wishful (adjective)
- would-be (adjective)
- aggressive (noun)
- ambitious (noun)
- challenging (noun)
- cunning (noun)
- go-ahead (noun)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Ambitious:
adj.
•aggressive (adjective) •all (adjective) •aspiring (adjective)- on make,
- more striving,
- Endeavoring,
- more aspirant,
- most striving,
- most aspirant,
- more endeavoring,
- most endeavoring.
- more streetwise,
- more competing,
- most killer,
- more killer,
- killer,
- most competing,
- most streetwise,
- dog eat dog,
- killer instinct,
- more vying,
- most vying.
- 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.
- painful,
- no picnic,
- up-stream,
- easier said than done,
- not easy,
- upstream,
- galling,
- Difficile,
- effortful,
- hard-won,
- immense,
- Operose.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- high falutin',
- over-whelming,
- over whelming,
- grandiose,
- highflown,
- high-falutin,
- high flown,
- highfalutin,
- un fathomable.
- more pushful,
- pre sumptuous,
- most pushful,
- self assertive,
- self-assertive,
- officious,
- selfassertive.
n.
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- hopeful,
- lackadaisical,
- striving,
- zealous,
- avid,
- designing,
- scheming,
- hungry,
- industrious,
- thirsty,
- motivated,
- predatory,
- sharp,
- resourceful,
- enthusiastic,
- driving,
- energetic,
- Hustling.
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- desire,
- be an effort,
- complicated,
- punishing,
- taxing.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- firm.
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- strong.
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- hot.
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
over-ambitious, unambitious.
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Adjective
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Independent
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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.
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Other Related
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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.
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Noun, singular or mass
ambition.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Ambitious:
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adj.
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all
unambitious.
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desiring success
fulfilled, easy, content, lethargic, facile, unassuming, satisfied, unenthusiastic.
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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.
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all
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Other antonyms:
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diffuse, diffused, soft, undetermined.
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n.