ambitious
adj/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/US
Etymology
From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux. By surface analysis, ambit + -ious.
- derived from ambitiosus
- derived from ambitieus
- inherited from ambitious
Definitions
Having or showing ambition
Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
- an ambitious person
- someone's ambitious nature
- I was ambitious—have you known The passion, father? You have not: A cottager, I mark’d a throne Of half the world as all my own, And murmur’d at such lowly lot— […]
Very desirous.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.
- an ambitious project
- an ambitious style
- an ambitious attempt to take power
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Hard to achieve.
- an ambitious goal
The neighborhood
- antonymnonambitious
- antonymunambitious
- neighborambition
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