Synonyms for
Ambition
Definition
a strong desire to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work
Synonyms & similar words
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Literary
Antonyms
Common collocations
- burning ambition
- great ambition
- career ambition
- political ambition
- achieve ambition
- fulfill ambition
- nurture ambition
- crushing ambition
Word family
Usage note
Ambition can have both positive connotations (drive, aspiration) and negative ones (ruthlessness, excessive desire). It is often used to describe a strong desire for success, power, or wealth.
Example sentences
- His ambition is to be an astronaut.
- She has a strong ambition to become a successful businesswoman.
- Without ambition, one cannot achieve greatness.
- He worked hard and pursued his ambition to become a professional athlete.
- Her ambition to travel the world inspired her to work hard and save money.
Quotes
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.