overambitious

ADJECTIVE

pretentious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arty exaggerated grandiose hollow overblown pompous showy stilted turgid

STRONG

ostentatious

WEAK

affected assuming aureate big bombastic chichi conspicuous euphuistic extravagant feigned flamboyant flashy flaunting flowery gaudy grandiloquent high-flown high-sounding highfalutin imposing inflated jazzy la-di-da lofty magniloquent mincing ornate puffed up put on rhetorical specious splashy swank too-too tumid utopian vainglorious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine honest moderate modest plain simple

WEAK

humble unconceited

Example Sentences

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"I have got 30 years in policing, I've worked in this area. I live here… It might be overambitious, but I think we're going to do very well."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

White gets the open position he craves, but his overambitious kingside attack with 17. g4?! leads nowhere, and by 21.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2023

Amazon Care wanted to have the agility of a start-up, but the company was sometimes overambitious about the scope and speed of the operation, three former employees said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

“The word implied something bombastic and overambitious, which seemed accurate enough,” Mr. Tomkins quoted her as saying.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

The PAC put forward a dramatic and overambitious program that promised quick solutions.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

overambitious

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