Advertisement
Advertisement
ambitious
adjective as in desiring success
Strongest matches
aggressive, determined, earnest, energetic, enthusiastic, resourceful
Weak matches
anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, driving, eager, eager beaver, enterprising, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, power-loving, purposeful, pushing, pushy, self-starting, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous
adjective as in requiring great effort, ability
Strongest matches
arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, energetic, grandiose, impressive, visionary
Weak matches
elaborate, exacting, formidable, hard, industrious, lofty, pretentious, severe, strenuous
Example Sentences
This ambitious and important exhibition shows him to be an artist of far greater versatility than this characterization implies.
Despite its desire for a more ambitious fossil fuel agreement, Brazil has come under scrutiny for its own plans.
The Home Office said it would publish "an ambitious fraud strategy in the New Year."
So it was bittersweet to this fiercely ambitious author that writing fame arrived with “The Snow Leopard,” his 1978 chronicle of a two-month trek to the Tibetan Plateau of the Himalayas.
It is, like its subject, inviting to the public, conceptually ambitious and beautiful.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
