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ambition
noun as in strong desire for success
Strongest matches
appetite, aspiration, desire, energy, enthusiasm, hope, initiative, longing, love, lust, passion, pretension, spirit, vigor, yearning, zeal
Strong matches
ardor, avidity, craving, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, enterprise, hankering, hunger, itch, keenness, moxie, push, striving, thirst
Weak matches
Example Sentences
He has also been linked to the Brazil job over the past few weeks and it is known Guardiola's ambition is to one day manage a national side.
What they talk about instead is a much more modest ambition of making it harder to cross borders without the right paperwork, reducing the number who do so and disrupting the people smugglers.
Bellamy describes himself as a "greedy" coach - forever demanding more from his players, his staff and himself - and there is no doubting his ambitions.
Lawrence Stroll has masterminded a series of developments at Aston Martin that underline his ambition for the team to become title contenders.
Alfie, who hopes make a living from woodworking when he is older, said he had big ambitions for his future.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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