ambitious
[adjective]
Synonyms: enterprising, aspiring, avid, eager, hopeful, intent, purposeful, striving, zealous

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Antonyms: modest
Contrasted words: apathetic, phlegmatic, stolid, faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, easy, plain, straightforward, feasible, practicable, realistic, unpretentious
Related Words: aggressive, enterprising, go-ahead, pushing, up-and-doing, energetic, hardworking, indefatigable, anxious, avid, eager, keen, audacious, bold, daring, chimerical, extravagant, high-flown, impractical, quixotic, unrealistic

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

am‧bi‧tious /æmˈbɪʃəs/ adjective

1. determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc:
Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich.
ambitious for
mothers who are highly ambitious for their children (=who want their children to be successful)

2. an ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do something good but difficult:
an ambitious engineering project
an over-ambitious health reform program
—ambitiously adverb
—ambitiousness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ambitious
adj.
I. determined to be successful
VERBS be, seem
ADV. extremely, highly, very He is a highly ambitious politician.
socially
PREP. for She is very ambitious for her four children.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

ambitious
II. difficult to achieve
VERBS be, seem
ADV. extremely, hugely, very | rather | overly Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲