n. Function: noun
1 strong desire for advancement FF1C; a life ruled by ambition FF1E;
Synonyms: ambitiousness, aspiration, pretension
Related Words: drive, go-ahead, push; anxiety, avidity, eagerness, keenness; energy, enterprise, spirit; goad, incentive, motive, spur
Contrasted Words: contentment, satisfaction; faineance, indolence, lethargy, sloth
2 an object of desire or intent FF1C; his ambition was to have enough to live on without working FF1E;
Synonyms: aim, goal, mark, objective, quaesitum, target; compare INTENTION
Related Words: design, intent, purpose; desire, fancy, hope, wish; dream, ideal, nirvana
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Synonyms: ENTERPRISE 4, drive, get-up-and-go, initiative, push