AMBITIOUS

adj. 1 aspiring, hopeful; enthusiastic My son, I am just as ambitious for you as you are for yourself 2 energetic, enterprising, vigorous, zealous, enthusiastic, eager We prefer ambitious young people to those who are seeking a sinecure 3 greedy, avaricious, overzealous, overambitious, Colloq pushy, yuppy Howard is a trifle too ambitious, expecting to be department head after only one year