Ambitious

Adjective

 * 1) Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
 * 2) Strongly desirous&mdash;followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
 * 3) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.

Adverbs for Ambitious
socially; extremely; unspeakably; inordinately; profoundly; mercilessly; unscrupulously; politically; ruthlessly; odiously; laudably; properly; dangerously; admirably; industriously.

Thesaurus
adventuresome; adventurous; aggressive; anxious; aspiring; audacious; avaricious; avid; bold; careerist; careeristic; chimerical; classy; daring; driving; dynamic; eager; emulous; energetic; enterprising; enthusiastic; extravagant; fancy; flossy; forceful; go-ahead; grandiose; greedy; hard-working; high-flown; high-flying; high-reaching; high-toned; highfalutin; highfaluting; hopeful; hustling; impractical; indefatigable; keen; lofty; on the make; ostentatious; overambitious; overzealous; power-hungry; pretentious; pushful; pushing; pushy; sky-aspiring; social-climbing; tony; unrealistic; up-and-coming; utopian; vaulting; vaunting; venturesome; venturous; vigorous; visionary; yuppy; zealous

Etymology
From ambitious: <  *undefined: <  ambitiosus: < ambitio:; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.

Derived terms

 * ambitiously
 * ambitiousness
 * overambitious

Related terms

 * ambition

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, честолюбив
 * Chamicuro:
 * Croatian: ambiciozan, častohlepan
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Latin: ambitiosus
 * Maltese:
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dian-thograch, gionach
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: жадуващ
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dian-thograch, gionach


 * Bulgarian: претенциозен
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,