Definitions for: Ambitious

[adj] having a strong desire for success or achievement
[adj] requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an
honorable man. --Shak.

2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive;
as, ambitious to be or to do something.

I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony.
--Evelyn.

Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in
vain. --Cowper.

3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition;
showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.

A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless
race, From off wide, ambitious base. --Collins.

Synonyms: aggressive, aspirant, aspiring(a), challenging, compulsive, determined, difficult, driven, enterprising, hard, manque, overambitious, pushful, pushing, pushy, would-be(a)

Antonyms: ambitionless, unambitious

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