ambitious

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪʃəs === Adjective === 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. (followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous 30 June 2019, Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, Manchester United must shape Aaron Wan-Bissaka into a £50m all-rounder - but there is no hiding place at Old Trafford Now he is joining a club ambitious to return to a model of dominating games and attacking opposition. Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition Synonyms: showy, aspiring, grand Hard to achieve. ==== Antonyms ==== nonambitious unambitious ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambition ==== Translations ==== === References === Noah Webster (1828), “ambitious”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. “ambitious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “ambitious”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "ambitious" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) "ambitious" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) “ambitious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.