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ambition
  1. (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
  2. (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
  3. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
  4. (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
  5. (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. drive, enterprise, initiative, enthusiasm, desire, motivation, passion, zeal, ambitiousness, dedication, determination, dynamism, eagerness, spirit, striving, commitment, devotion, doggedness, fire, verve, warmth, zest, aspiration, fervor, fervour, gusto, tenacity, vigour, action, aggressiveness, ardour, avidity, dash, fervency, hustle, keenness, pep, vitality, aggression, ardor, energy, go, gumption, hunger, zip, appetite, earnestness, emulation, esprit, hankering … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “So is it personal ambition that's driven her to scale the upper heights of the ministry?”
      “The single abiding ambition of my life was to be as good a father as I could.”
ambitiousness
  1. The state or quality of being ambitious.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drive, ambition, aspiration, desire, aim, goal, objective, purpose, go-getting, enterprise, initiative, spirit, enthusiasm, dynamism, zeal, energy, vigour, push, verve, eagerness, dash, pep, vitality, action, aggressiveness, gumption, go, hustle, zip, vigor, get-up-and-go, motivation, emulation, zest, vim, zing, punch, moxie, spunk, resource, resourcefulness, passion, striving, determination, dedication, daring, fire, warmth, doggedness, devotion … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Nevertheless the lad wondered at the size and ambitiousness of this undertaking and accomplishment in the wilderness.”
      “She tried to figure out when she lost her drive, her ambitiousness, when she lost her will power.”
      “Inherent in this are his qualities of individuality, ambitiousness, justice, and straightforwardness.”
ambitionist
  1. One who is excessively ambitious.
ambitionlessness
  1. Lack of ambition.
ambitiousnesses
  1. plural of ambitiousness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drives, ambitions, aspirations, desires, aims, goals, objectives, purposes, longings, dreams, hopes, objects, wishes, yearnings, plans, designs, targets, endeavors, resolves, intentions, pursuits, resolutions, ends, hankerings, missions, pushes, inclinations, endeavours, urges, intents, ideals, callings, eagernesses, schemes, itches, visions, wants, expectations, cravings, passions, bournes, things, desiderata, destinations, ideas, vocations, pretensions, bourns, yens, directions … more
ambitionists
  1. plural of ambitionist
ambitions
  1. plural of ambition
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drives, enterprises, initiatives, enthusiasms, desires, motivations, passions, zeals, ambitiousnesses, dedications, determinations, dynamisms, eagernesses, spirits, strivings, commitments, devotions, doggednesses, fires, verve, warmths, zests, aspirations, fervors, fervours, gusto, tenacities, vigours, actions, aggressivenesses, ardours, avidities, dashes, fervencies, hustles, keennesses, pep, vitalities, aggressions, ardors, energies, goes, gumptions, hungers, zips, appetites, earnestnesses, emulations, esprit, hankerings … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Hughes won the affection of many viewers in the original programme when he set out his ambitions in life.”
      “It's hard to measure the scope of any president's ambitions by the number of laws or executive orders he signs.”
      “She even has ambitions to return to college and major in interior design and business.”
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