Definitions

overambitious

ADJECTIVE

pretentious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arty exaggerated grandiose hollow overblown pompous showy stilted turgid

STRONG

ostentatious

WEAK

affected assuming aureate big bombastic chichi conspicuous euphuistic extravagant feigned flamboyant flashy flaunting flowery gaudy grandiloquent high-flown high-sounding highfalutin imposing inflated jazzy la-di-da lofty magniloquent mincing ornate puffed up put on rhetorical specious splashy swank too-too tumid utopian vainglorious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine honest moderate modest plain simple

WEAK

humble unconceited

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overambitious

"I have got 30 years in policing, I've worked in this area. I live here… It might be overambitious, but I think we're going to do very well."

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

Each new play is putatively the work of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a troupe of overambitious amateur thespians.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

He was initially expected to miss two to four weeks with the current injury, a timetable that turned out to be a bit overambitious.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

Amazon Care wanted to have the agility of a start-up, but the company was sometimes overambitious about the scope and speed of the operation, three former employees said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022

It was starting to feel a bit overambitious.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

overambitious

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