Synonyms for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious

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1. ambitiousadjective

   having a strong desire for success or achievement

   Synonyms:
   challenging

   Antonyms:
   shiftless, easy, unambitious, ambitionless

2. ambitious, challengingadjective

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

   Synonyms:
   challenging, intriguing, thought-provoking

   Antonyms:
   unambitious, shiftless, ambitionless, easy

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1. lady macbeth

   as she is in desire for power and is open to what it comes

   Submitted by joshyb on May 22, 2024  

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1. ambitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   aspiring, eager for superiority, eager for distinction or fame

2. ambitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   showy, pretentious

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1. ambitiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   aspiring, emulous, desirous, showy, pretentious, ostentatious

   Antonyms:
   unambitious, indifferent

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1. List of paraphrases for "ambitious":

   far-reaching, aspirational, challenging, bold

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1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   We have come up with a reduction target that is no less ambitious than what other countries are aiming for.

2. Lynn Rusten:

   An overly ambitious approach will be unnecessarily risky, you can have the belt and suspenders, and start to lay the groundwork for a more ambitious agreement. But I don't think getting rid of the belt and suspenders enhances chances of getting the more ambitious agreement.

3. Aziz Ansari:

   This show isn't the type of show where we're going to be able to just turn around and turn it in right away, we covered so much stuff in Season 1 and wanted to make sure the ideas we had in Season 2 were equally interesting and the episodes were just as ambitious.

4. Pierre Gattaz:

   This version 2 has been totally sanitized, we need to get back to the initial version which was ambitious and could have spurred confidence amongst employers.

5. Jens Holte:

   If we do not achieve results, we will not achieve our common goal and our ambitious objectives, without results, we will not be able to sustain and increase the financial investment needed.