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ambitious

/æmbˈɪʃʌs/adjective3 syllables

Ambitious means: having a strong desire for success or achievement.

Synonyms for ambitious15

adjective, as in having a strong desire for success or achievement

pushful, pushy, aspirant, aspiring, wishful, compulsive, determined, driven, manque, would-be, overambitious, enterprising

adjective, as in requiring full use of your abilities or resources

challenging, difficult, hard

Opposites of ambitious

unambitious

What does ambitious mean?2

adjective

1

having a strong desire for success or achievement

2

requiring full use of your abilities or resources“ambitious schedule”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ambitious?8

two syllables

vicious

three syllables

delicioussuspiciousmaliciousfictitiousnutritiousauspicious

four syllables

superstitious
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Ambitious in a sentence

  • In the religious-cult trial, the ambitious lawyer will represent the cult leader.unknown
  • Man may well, in his attempt to be too ambitious, destroy himself.unknown
  • Even though the project was ambitious, they managed to complete it before the deadline.Lumi
  • If you were more ambitious, you could go a long way.patgfisher
  • I used to be young and ambitious, just like you.CK
  • The ambitious man became intoxicated with his own success.unknown
  • His next production was a very ambitious musical.unknown
  • You can be ambitious and kind; one doesn't exclude the other.Nuel

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