ambitious
- 1Wanting very much to succeed, gain power, or become important.
Like someone who always wants to climb higher up a ladder.
She is an ambitious young woman who dreams of running her own company.
My brother is very ambitious and wants to be the boss someday.
Similardriven, determined, enterprising, motivated
Oppositeunmotivated, apathetic, complacent
- 2Very hard to do or reach because the goal is so big.
Like trying to climb a very tall mountain in a single day.
Building the bridge in one year was an ambitious plan.
Their goal to clean up the whole river is very ambitious.
Similarchallenging, demanding, bold, difficult, daring
Oppositemodest, easy, unchallenging
- 3Showing a strong wish to succeed or get ahead.
His ambitious plan showed just how much he wanted to win.
The ambitious speech revealed her deep hunger for power.
Oppositemodest, unassuming
- 4Strongly wanting to have or do a certain thing.
She was ambitious to learn everything about the stars.
The young writer was ambitious for praise from her teachers.
Oppositeindifferent, reluctant
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Origin
It comes from Latin "ambitiosus", from "ambitio", the source of the word "ambition".