'ambition' definitions:
Definition of 'ambition'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" [syn: ambition, aspiration, dream]
noun
A strong drive for success [syn: ambition, ambitiousness]
verb
Have as one's ambition
Synonyms of 'ambition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aim,
- ambitiousness,
- animus,
- anxiety,
- appetite,
- aspiration,
- avidity,
- basis,
- calling,
- careerism,
- catch,
- cause,
- climbing,
- consideration,
- counsel,
- craving,
- dearest wish,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- design,
- desire,
- determination,
- dream,
- drive,
- eagerness,
- effect,
- energy,
- enterprise,
- enthusiasm,
- fancy,
- fixed purpose,
- forbidden fruit,
- function,
- get-up-and-go,
- glimmering goal,
- go-ahead,
- goad,
- goal,
- golden vision,
- ground,
- guiding light,
- guiding star,
- hope,
- hunger,
- idea,
- ideal,
- incentive,
- initiative,
- inspiration,
- intendment,
- intent,
- intention,
- keenness,
- lodestar,
- lodestone,
- lofty ambition,
- magnanimity,
- magnet,
- mainspring,
- mark,
- matter,
- meaning,
- mind,
- motive,
- nirvana,
- nisus,
- object,
- objective,
- plan,
- plum,
- point,
- power-hunger,
- pretension,
- principle,
- prize,
- project,
- proposal,
- prospectus,
- purpose,
- push,
- reason,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- sake,
- score,
- social climbing,
- source,
- spirit,
- spring,
- spur,
- status-seeking,
- striving,
- study,
- target,
- temptation,
- thirst,
- trophy,
- ulterior motive,
- vaulting ambition,
- view,
- vigor,
- vocation,
- will,
- wish,
- zeal