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- Dictionaryambitious/amˈbɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed: "a ruthlessly ambitious workaholic" Similar Opposite
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having a strong desire for success, achievement, power, or wealth: Even as a young man he was ambitious and self-assured. If you describe an activity as ambitious, you mean that it involves a lot of effort or expense: It was an ambitious project to restore the public parks.
The meaning of AMBITIOUS is having or controlled by ambition : having a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous. How to use ambitious in a sentence.
The ambitious person wishes to attain worldly success, and puts forth effort toward this end: ambitious for social position. The enterprising person, interested especially in wealth, is characterized by energy and daring in undertaking projects.
Ambitious definition: having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.. See examples of AMBITIOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. having a strong desire for success or achievement. synonyms: aspirational. pushful, pushy. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative. aspirant, aspiring, wishful. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement. compulsive, determined, driven. strongly motivated to succeed. manque, would-be.
having a strong desire for success, achievement, power, or wealth: Even as a young man he was ambitious and self-assured. If you describe an activity as ambitious, you mean that it involves a lot of effort or expense: It was an ambitious project to restore the public parks.
Definition of ambitious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adj. 1. having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, etc.: an ambitious student. 2. showing or caused by ambition; requiring exceptional effort, ability, etc.: an ambitious program for fighting crime. 3. strongly desirous; eager: ambitious of love.
a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc.: She has a lot of ambition. Fewer examples. Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession. We are looking for someone with drive and ambition. Driving ambition is what most great leaders have in common.
1. a. : an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power. With her talent and fierce ambition, she became a very successful actress. b. : desire to achieve a particular end. 2. : the object of ambition. Her ambition is to start her own business. 3. US : a desire for activity or exertion. felt sick and had no ambition. ambitionless. am-ˈbi-shən-ləs.
