aspirations

NOUN

goal, hope

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aim ambition desire dream eagerness endeavor inclination longing objective passion wish yearning

STRONG

ambitiousness craving direction hankering object pursuit push urge vocation work

WEAK

fire in the belly right stuff

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathy dislike hate hatred indifference laziness

STRONG

entertainment fun pastime

Example Sentences

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"Aspirations for a better future must also make peace with the past through restoration of Indigenous and traditional sovereignty over lands and waters."

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

The Aspirations stock that Drake, Downey Jr., and some 250 other investors held was almost certainly worthless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Aspirations go as far back as 1923 for a London to Birmingham route, but it took until the Special Roads Act 1949 was passed to allow the first motorways to be planned in the 1950s.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

Aspirations to live, study or work abroad are suddenly imperiled.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2022

My literary Aspirations were as nothing to her!

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts