aspire[verb]Synonyms: aim, desire, dream, hope, long, seek, set one's heart on, wish
Contrasted words: condescend, deign, look down (on), grovel, stoop, wallow
Related Idioms: cry for the moon, have at heart, have one's heart set on, reach for (
or keep one's eyes on) the stars
Related Words: hunger,
long,
pine,
thirst,
bid (for),
strain (for or after),
struggle (for),
try (for) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
as‧pire /əˈspaɪə $ əˈspaɪr/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: aspirer, from Latin aspirare 'to breathe on', from ad- 'to, on to' + spirare 'to breathe']
to desire and work towards achieving something important
aspire to
college graduates aspiring to careers in financeaspire to do something At that time, all serious artists aspired to go to Rome. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲