🔥ambition

noun
/æmˈbɪʃən/

Meaning

a strong desire to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work
a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work
A strong desire to do or achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.

Example Sentences

Her ambition is to become a successful entrepreneur.

Her ambition is to become a successful doctor.

Their ambition is to build a quantum computer.

Example Expressions

burning ambition

Synonyms

aspiration, goal, desire, drive, dream, determination
Entry 1
aspiration, goal, desire, drive, dream
Entry 2
aspiration, drive, determination, goal
Entry 3
aspiration, goal

Antonyms

laziness, apathy, contentment, indifference
Entry 1
laziness, apathy
Entry 2
apathy, laziness, contentment
Entry 3
indifference, apathy

Collocations

career ambition, lifelong ambition, great ambition, achieve ambition, personal ambition, political ambition, fulfill ambition
Entry 1
career ambition, lifelong ambition, great ambition, achieve ambition
Entry 2
personal ambition, political ambition, fulfill ambition

More Example Sentences

She is driven by ambition.

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