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Ambitious

Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.

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Similar meaning 18

Aspirant 84% connected

Aspiring.

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Aspirant 84% connected

Aspiring.

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Aspiring 84% connected

of Aspire

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Aspiring 84% connected

of Aspire

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Compulsive 84% connected

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

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Compulsive 84% connected

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

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Determined 84% connected

of Determine

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Determined 84% connected

of Determine

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Driven 84% connected

of Drive

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Driven 84% connected

of Drive

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Wishful 84% connected

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

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Wishful 84% connected

Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

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Would-be 84% connected

Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

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Would-be 84% connected

Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

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Derivationally related 4

Ambition 74% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Ambition 74% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Ambitiousness 74% connected

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

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Ambitiousness 74% connected

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

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Attribute 4

Ambition 66% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Ambition 66% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Ambitiousness 66% connected

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

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Ambitiousness 66% connected

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

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See also 2

Enterprising 66% connected

Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.

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Enterprising 66% connected

Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.

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Synonym 1

Challenging 92% connected

of Challenge

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