Synonyms for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 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. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   An ambitious wolf will rise above a complacent lion.

2. Jason Pride:

   Manufacturing PMI's are a good gauge of economic growth and have risen materially in the last year, coupled with the ambitious balance sheet reduction plan, monetary policy tightening could prove a larger headwind than anticipated. Normalizing monetary policy is a good thing, but the Fed should be careful of the pace.

3. Isa Dick Hackett:

   It's incredibly ambitious, the material is sensitive. People said 'we don't want to do a show with Nazis,'.

4. Buckminster Fuller:

   Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.

5. Diandra Soobiah:

   It's important that more details follow quickly on how Barclays will deliver these ambitious climate targets, particularly their pledge to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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