AMBITIOUS Synonyms

• aggressively self-assured

• having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

• characterized by great determination

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• strongly motivated to succeed

• compelled forcibly by an outside agency

• urged or forced to action through moral pressure

• strongly motivated to succeed

• having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

• a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

• marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects

• being in focus or brought into focus

• (of light rays) converging on a point

• of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

• characterized by hard work and perseverance

• characterized by hard work and perseverance

• working hard to promote an enterprise

• provided with a motive or given incentive for action

• good at remembering

• stubbornly unyielding

• sticking together

• marked by active interest and enthusiasm

• marked by ostentation but often tasteless

• displaying brilliance and virtuosity

• (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

• superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative