An ambitious person strives for worldly success; such efforts may be admired or frowned on by others: an ambitious college graduate; an ambitious social climber.
Ambitious, aspiring, enterprising describe a person who wishes to rise above his or her present position or condition. The ambitious person wishes to attain worldly success, and puts forth effort toward this end: ambitious for social position.
AMBITIOUS definition: having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.. See examples of ambitious used in a sentence.
AMBITIOUS definition: 1. having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich: 2. If a plan or idea is ambitious, it…. Learn more.
Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful. Chris is so ambitious, so determined to do it all. He's a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level. An ambitious idea or plan is on a large scale and needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully.
Definition of ambitious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ambitious (comparative ambitiouser or more ambitious, superlative ambitiousest or most ambitious) (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word ambitious, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Characterized by or possessing ambition; eagerly or inordinately desirous of obtaining power, superiority, or distinction. Strongly desirous; eager: with of (formerly for) or an infinitive. Springing from or indicating ambition. Hence Showy; pretentious: as, an ambitious style; ambitious ornament.