Meaning & use
ambitious
Having a strong desire to achieve success, power, or a difficult goal.
See it in a sentence
The ambitious young lawyer aimed to make partner before turning thirty.
Building a rocket in one year was an ambitious plan for the small team.
A note on using this word
Ambitious can describe people or plans; applied to a plan, it means bold and challenging rather than merely large.
Words with a similar meaning
drivenaspiring
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
unambitiouscomplacent
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