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Definitions for Ambition
[1] an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
[2] the object, state, or result desired or sought after: The crown was his ambition.
[3] desire for work or activity; energy: I awoke feeling tired and utterly lacking in ambition.
[4] to seek after earnestly; aspire to.
[5] strong desire for success, achievement, or distinction
[6] something so desired; goal; aim
Words related to Ambition
desire, longing, love, energy, pretension, zeal, aspiration, lust, yearning, passion, vigor, enthusiasm, appetite, initiative, spirit, hope, goal, wish, aim, purpose
Words nearby Ambition
ambisinister, ambisonics, ambisyllabic, ambit, ambitendency, ambition, ambitious, ambivalence, ambivalent, ambivalent sexism, ambiversion
Origin of Ambition
1300–50; Middle English ambicio(u)n (< Middle French ) < Latin ambitiōn- (stem of ambitiō ), equivalent to amb- ambi- + -i- go + -t- past participle suffix + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Ambition
am·bi·tion·less , adjective
am·bi·tion·less·ly , adverb
pre·am·bi·tion , noun
su·per·am·bi·tion , noun
Word origin for Ambition
C14: from Old French, from Latin ambitiō a going round (of candidates), a striving to please, from ambīre to go round; see ambit
Synonyms for Ambition
appetite, aspiration, desire, energy, enthusiasm, hope, initiative, longing, love, lust, passion, pretension, spirit, vigor, yearning, zeal, ardor, avidity, craving, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, enterprise, hankering, hunger, itch, keenness, moxie, push, striving, thirst, fire in belly, get up and go, right stuff