aspire

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
3. (archaic, intransitive, literary) To move upward; to be very tall.

Synonyms

aim

strive

yearn

long for

desire

endeavour

long

crave

aspire to

try

want

hope for

shoot for

hope

seek

🔍

pursue

ache

intend

expect

draw a bead on

go for

wish

endeavor

be ambitious

hanker

run

rush

seek after

slaver

slobber

solicit

struggle

tap

come at

try out

turn to

vie

will

yen

💴

desire eagerly

be over ambitious

be over-ambitious

be wild with ambition

want exceedingly

endeavor

endeavour

(to) endeavour

(to) endeavor

ache for

aim at

Translations

streben

aspirar

aspirer

aspirare

ambiëren

dingen naar

φιλοδοξώ

nastreven

aspirar

najagen

anhelar

trachten

🔍

anstreben

aspireren

briguer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: aspiren

In summary

From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).