Synonyms for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ambitiousadjective

   having a strong desire for success or achievement

   Synonyms:
   challenging

   Antonyms:
   shiftless, easy, unambitious, ambitionless

2. ambitious, challengingadjective

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

   Synonyms:
   challenging, intriguing, thought-provoking

   Antonyms:
   unambitious, shiftless, ambitionless, easy

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ambitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   aspiring, eager for superiority, eager for distinction or fame

2. ambitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   showy, pretentious

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. ambitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   aspiring, emulous, desirous, showy, pretentious, ostentatious

   Antonyms:
   unambitious, indifferent

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "ambitious":

   far-reaching, aspirational, challenging, bold

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1. Arias Canete:

   The EU will fight for a very ambitious deal. When you have 196 parties, the easy way out is to agree a minimalistic agreement, we will work day and night to have an ambitious agreement that is fit for purpose.

2. Donald Trump:

   (Rubio) announced he was going to run because he's overly ambitious, too young -- and I have better hair than he does, right?

3. Jomo Sundaram:

   I don't think it's all that ambitious to eliminate hunger.

4. Senate Democrats:

   It's an ambitious deadline, absolutely. But the hard work put in by senators and staff means that Senate Democrats are on the right track to get it done.

5. Harjeet Singh:

   When the world is changing so fast, and we are facing a lot of disasters, unless we have some very ambitious targets, we won't be able to fix things.