noun
1.
strong desire for advancement
a life ruled by ambition
Synonyms: ambitiousness, aspiration, pretension
Related Word: 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
his ambition was to have enough to live on without working
Synonyms: aim, goal, mark, objective, quaesitum, target; compare intention
Related Word: design, intent, purpose; desire, fancy, hope, wish; dream, ideal, nirvana
3.
Synonyms: enterprise 4, drive, get-up-and-go, initiative, push