Synonyms for aspire
əˈspaɪəras·pire

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1. draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot forverb

   have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

   Synonyms:
   aim, shoot for, drive, purport, place, draw a bead on, take aim, propose, direct, train, get, take, target, calculate, point, purpose

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. aspireverb

   Synonyms:
   desire (earnestly), long

2. aspireverb

   Synonyms:
   ascend, rise, soar, tower, mount

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1. List of paraphrases for "aspire":

   aspirate, strive

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ASPIRE

   Synonyms:
   Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events

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1. liam mahone:

   I aspire to inspire before I expire.

2. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn:

   One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.

3. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third.

4. Danny Welch:

   Hank Aaron represents a higher type of individual, someone I would always aspire to be both on and off the field, i think that's why this is such an emotional day for me and for Americans and for all people around the world who know of Hank Aaron and what Hank Aaron represents.

5. Marco Rubio:

   I want to tell you a story about someone that didn't speak English that well. It was my grandfather, my grandfather instilled in me the belief that I was blessed to live in the one society in all of human history where even I, the son of a bartender and a maid, could aspire to have anything, and be anything that I was willing to work hard to achieve. But he taught me that in Spanish, because it was the language he was most comfortable in.