Synonyms for ambitious
- adjective
Most common
grand aspiring showy aspirational challenging pushy overambitious emulous
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Aspiring — resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
aspiring, aspirational, grand, showy, ostentatious, aspirant, pretentious dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition.
an ambitious attempt to take power
Related words
- Word family
- ambitiously ambitiousness ambition
Example sentences
- grand I had a grand opening for the hospital last month.
- aspiring Abdelaziz Bouteflika was aspiring to be reelected.
- showy This showy dress isn't appropriate for me.
- challenging Is Egypt challenging Algeria's regional interests?
- pushy Tom and Mary aren't as pushy as they used to be.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ambitious | steady | |
| grand | steady | |
| aspiring | rising | |
| showy | steady | |
| aspirational | rising | |
| challenging | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- grand1, pushy2, showy2
- 7 letters
- emulous, pushful
- 8 letters
- aspiring3, aspirant3
- 11 letters
- challenging3, pretentious3
- 12 letters
- ostentatious4, aspirational
- 13 letters
- overambitious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pushy2 = 2 syllables).