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[syn: ambitious, challenging]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ambitious \Am*bi"tious\, a. [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux.
See Ambition.]
1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or
inordinately desirous of power, honor, office,
superiority, or distinction.
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Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man. --Shak.
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2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive;
as, ambitious to be or to do something.
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I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony.
--Evelyn.
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Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in
vain. --Cowper.
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3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition;
showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
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A giant statue . . .
Pushed by a wild and artless race,
From off wide, ambitious base. --Collins.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ambitious
adj 1: having a strong desire for success or achievement [ant:
ambitionless, unambitious]
2: requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious
schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a
mistake" [syn: ambitious, challenging]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "ambitious":
adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, anxious, aspiring,
audacious, avaricious, avid, bold, careerist, careeristic,
chimerical, classy, daring, driving, dynamic, eager, emulous,
energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, extravagant, fancy, flossy,
forceful, go-ahead, grandiose, greedy, hard-working, high-flown,
high-flying, high-reaching, high-toned, highfalutin, highfaluting,
hopeful, hustling, impractical, indefatigable, keen, lofty,
on the make, ostentatious, overambitious, overzealous,
power-hungry, pretentious, pushful, pushing, pushy, sky-aspiring,
social-climbing, tony, unrealistic, up-and-coming, utopian,
vaulting, vaunting, venturesome, venturous, vigorous, visionary,
yuppy, zealous