ambitious

Meaning

1. Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
2. Very desirous
3. Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
4. Hard to achieve.

Synonyms

aspiring

eager

challenging

enterprising

aspirant

ardent

persevering

persistent

pertinacious

grand

grasping

greedy

highflying

motivated

opportunistic

piggish

rapacious

selfish

timeserving

treacherous

venturesome

voracious

willful

wishful

zealous

over-ambitious

be ambitious

avaricious

dauntless

decided

desired

determined

emulous

energetic

fly high

Translations

ambitieux

ambicioso

ehrgeizig

ambizioso

ambicioso

φιλόδοξος

ambitioniert

eerzuchtig

ambitieus

ambiciós

muhteris

tutkulu

strebsam

aufstrebend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ambitious

Cognate with French: ambitieux

In summary

From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.