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Synonyms and Antonyms of ambition

1 eager desire for personal advancement
  • "Talent without ambition will not make you a star," the singer's voice coach liked to remind her
Synonyms of ambition

ambitiousness, aspiration, go-getting
Words Related to ambition

determination, diligence, drive, energy, enterprise, go, hustle, industry, initiative, motivation, push

aggression, competitiveness, killer instinct

opportunism, overambitiousness, pretentiousness, pushiness

assertiveness, daring, spirit

ardor, avidity, eagerness, keenness, passion

avarice, greed, hunger
Near Antonyms of ambition

apathy, halfheartedness, indifference, unconcern

idleness, indolence, inertia, laziness, lethargy, shiftlessness, sloth
2 readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity
  • the ambition shown by the undersea explorers of the Mariana Trench, the deepest in the world
Synonyms of ambition

action, aggressiveness, drive, enterprise, go, hustle, initiative
Words Related to ambition

grit, gumption, pluck, snap, spirit, spunk, starch

ambitiousness, killer instinct, overambitiousness

assertiveness, self-reliance

energy, hardihood, pep, vigor, vitality
Near Antonyms of ambition

inactivity, inertia, passivity

diffidence, faintheartedness, timidity

hesitation, reluctance

indolence, laziness, lethargy
3 something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
  • his ambition is to study international business, then get a job overseas
Synonyms of ambition

aim, aspiration, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing
Words Related to ambition

grail, holy grail

plot, project, scheme

desire, hope, mind, wish

nirvana

destination, terminus
Phrases Synonymous with ambition

name of the game
Near Antonyms of ambition

means, method, way

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