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  • aspiring

    desire, enterprising

  • enterprising

    aspiring, desiring success

  • eager

    desirous, enterprising

  • energetic

    ability, desirous

  • determined

    aspiring, eager

  • difficult

    ability, demanding

  • grandiose

    ability, demanding

  • challenging

    ability, demanding

  • pushy

    aspiring, desiring success

  • hungry

    eager, desirous

  • zealous

    enterprising, aspiring

  • enthusiastic

    eager, enterprising

  • formidable

    ability, demanding

  • hard

    demanding, difficult

  • hopeful

    desirous, enterprising

  • pretentious

    ostentatious

  • resourceful

    aspiring, desiring success

  • anxious

    eager, desiring success

  • desirous

    eager, desiring success

  • bold

  • demanding

    difficult

  • arduous

    difficult

  • aggressive

  • industrious

  • purposeful

  • striving

  • exacting

    difficult

  • lofty

    ostentatious, haughty

  • intent

  • keen

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What’s a word that can be used to describe someone who is ambitious, but with a more positive aspect? Ambitious seems a little negative. I require a word for a person who dreams big, and wants to achieve success.

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Oxford offers many synonyms, like determined, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, motivated, driven, enthusiastic, energetic, commited, purposeful, assertive and eager. Even «ambitious» could work in the right context.

answered Oct 20, 2016 at 15:43

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Perhaps aspiring?

I disagree that ambitious has negative connotations though.

answered Oct 20, 2016 at 9:55

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Words that come to mind are driven, focused and committed.

You may also consider single-minded and goal-oriented if you don’t mind the hyphen.

answered Oct 20, 2016 at 12:06

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I think visionary could work.

Oxford Dictionary defines as:

(adj) Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.

‘a visionary leader’


(noun) A person with original ideas about what the future will or
could be like.

‘She was a visionary who acheived what many thought to be impossible.’

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  • aggressive
  • determined
  • earnest
  • energetic
  • enthusiastic
  • resourceful
  • anxious
  • ardent
  • aspiring
  • avid
  • ball of fire
  • bent upon
  • climbing
  • come on
  • come on strong
  • designing
  • desirous
  • driving
  • eager
  • eager beaver
  • enterprising
  • fireball
  • get up and go
  • go-getter
  • goal-oriented
  • hard ball
  • high-reaching
  • hopeful
  • hungry
  • industrious
  • inspired
  • intent
  • longing
  • power-loving
  • purposeful
  • pushing
  • pushy
  • self-starting
  • sharp
  • soaring
  • striving
  • thirsty
  • vaulting
  • zealous
  • arduous
  • bold
  • challenging
  • demanding
  • difficult
  • energetic
  • grandiose
  • impressive
  • visionary
  • elaborate
  • exacting
  • formidable
  • hard
  • industrious
  • lofty
  • pretentious
  • severe
  • strenuous

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WORDS RELATED TO AMBITIOUS

  • ambitious
  • aspirant
  • eager
  • eager beaver
  • endeavoring
  • enthusiastic
  • impassioned
  • longing
  • on the make
  • striving
  • wishful
  • would-be
  • zealous
  • aggressive
  • ambitious
  • antagonistic
  • at odds
  • combative
  • competing
  • cutthroat
  • dog-eat-dog
  • emulous
  • killer
  • killer instinct
  • opposing
  • rival
  • streetwise
  • vying
  • ambitious
  • backbreaker
  • bothersome
  • clamorous
  • critical
  • dictatorial
  • difficult
  • exacting
  • exhausting
  • exigent
  • fussy
  • grievous
  • hard
  • imperious
  • importunate
  • insistent
  • nagging
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • pressing
  • querulous
  • strict
  • stringent
  • taxing
  • tough
  • troublesome
  • trying
  • wearing
  • weighty
  • acquisitive
  • ambitious
  • amorous
  • anxious
  • avid
  • covetous
  • craving
  • desiring
  • eager
  • enthusiastic
  • grasping
  • greedy
  • hot
  • itchy
  • keen
  • longing
  • lustful
  • passionate
  • prehensile
  • ready
  • stimulated
  • turned on
  • willing
  • wishful
  • wishing
  • yearning
  • ambitious
  • arduous
  • backbreaker
  • bothersome
  • burdensome
  • challenging
  • crucial
  • demanding
  • difficile
  • easier said than done
  • effortful
  • exacting
  • formidable
  • galling
  • gargantuan
  • hard-won
  • heavy
  • herculean
  • immense
  • intricate
  • irritating
  • labored
  • laborious
  • no picnic
  • not easy
  • onerous
  • operose
  • painful
  • problem
  • problematic
  • prohibitive
  • rigid
  • severe
  • stiff
  • strenuous
  • titanic
  • toilsome
  • tough
  • troublesome
  • trying
  • unyielding
  • uphill
  • upstream
  • wearisome
  • Type A
  • ambitious
  • compulsive
  • consumed
  • directed
  • forced
  • galvanized
  • guided
  • herded
  • impelled
  • induced
  • monomaniacal
  • motivated
  • obsessed
  • possessed
  • pushed
  • steered
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    ambitious

    1) честолюби́вый

    2) стремя́щийся, жа́ждущий (of);

    3) претенцио́зный

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > ambitious

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    ambitious

    1 [person] ambitieux/-ieuse (for sb pour qn) ; to be ambitious to do avoir l’ambition de faire ;

    2 [goal, work, scheme] ambitieux/-ieuse.

    Big English-French dictionary > ambitious

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    ambicioso

    tr[æm’bɪʃəs]

    1 ambicioso,-a

    ambicioso

    adj.

    æm’bɪʃəs

    adjective

    a) <person/plan> ambicioso

    to be ambitious for something/to + inf: she’s ambitious for power tiene ambición de poder; he’s ambitious to get to the top ambiciona llegar a la cima; you could be a bit more ambitious — podrías aspirar a más

    [æm’bɪʃǝs]

    ADJ

    ambicioso

    that’s rather ambitious, isn’t it? — eso es bastante ambicioso, ¿no?

    * * *

    [æm’bɪʃəs]

    adjective

    a) <person/plan> ambicioso

    to be ambitious for something/to + inf: she’s ambitious for power tiene ambición de poder; he’s ambitious to get to the top ambiciona llegar a la cima; you could be a bit more ambitious — podrías aspirar a más

    English-spanish dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    adjective

    ehrgeizig; ambitioniert [Person]

    * * *

    ehrgeizig

    * * *

    am·bi·tious

    [æmˈbɪʃəs]

    1. (full of ambition) ehrgeizig

    to be ambitious for sb für jdn große Pläne haben

    to be ambitious to do sth etw unbedingt tun wollen

    2. (showing ambition) ehrgeizig, ambitiös

    ambitious aim hochgestecktes Ziel

    ambitious project ehrgeiziges Projekt

    * * *

    [m’bɪʃəs]

    adj

    ehrgeizig, ambitiös ; ambitioniert ; kühn

    he is ambitious to… — er setzt seinen ganzen Ehrgeiz daran, zu…

    * * *

    ambitious [æmˈbıʃəs] adj (adv ambitiously)

    1. ambitioniert, ehrgeizig:

    2. ehrgeizig (Projekt etc)

    * * *

    adjective

    ehrgeizig; ambitioniert [Person]

    * * *

    adj.

    ambitioniert adj.

    ehrgeizig adj.

    English-german dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    [æmʹbıʃəs]

    1. честолюбивый

    ruthlessly /mercilessly/ ambitious — не останавливающийся ни перед чем в своих честолюбивых замыслах

    2. стремящийся (); страстно добивающийся ()

    ambitious of wealth [honour] — стремящийся к богатству [к почестям]

    he is ambitious of /for/ power — он домогается власти /стремится к власти/; он властолюбив

    ambitious to do smth. — мечтающий сделать что-л.

    3. трудолюбивый; активный, энергичный; инициативный

    4. требующий огромных усилий, необычайных способностей

    ; грандиозный, величественный

    ambitious plans — величественные замыслы, далеко идущие планы

    ambitious program — обширная /грандиозная/ программа

    an ambitious attempt to climb the dangerous mountain — смелая попытка покорить опасный пик

    5. претенциозный; изысканный, вычурный

    НБАРС > ambitious

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    ambitious

    [æm’bɪʃəs]

    to be ambitious for sb. — nutrire delle ambizioni per qcn.

    * * *

    ambizioso

    * * *

    ambitious /æmˈbɪʃəs/

    a.

    ambitiously

    avv.

    ambitiousness

    n.

    [u].

    * * *

    [æm’bɪʃəs]

    to be ambitious for sb. — nutrire delle ambizioni per qcn.

    English-Italian dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    [æm’bɪʃəs]

    adj

    амбициозный, честолюбивый, претенциозный, стремящийся к чему-либо, грандиозный

    An ambitious mind wants success. — Честолюбивый ум жаждет успеха.

    This ambitious attempt ended in failure. — Это претенциозное предприятие закончилось неудачей


    — ambitious person
    — ambitious task
    — ambitious plans
    — be ambitious for smth
    — be ambitious for power

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ambitious

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    ambitious

    1. a честолюбивый

    2. a стремящийся; страстно добивающийся

    3. a трудолюбивый; активный, энергичный; инициативный

    ambitious plans — величественные замыслы, далеко идущие планы

    4. a претенциозный; изысканный, вычурный

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. aspiring (adj.) aspiring; determined; earnest; enterprising; industrious; intent; promising; resourceful

    2. challenging (adj.) arduous; challenging; difficult; formidable; rigorous; rigourous; severe

    3. desirous (adj.) desirous; eager; emulous; energetic; hankering; hopeful; hungry; inspired; yearning

    4. ostentatious (adj.) grandiose; lofty; magnificent; ostentatious; pretentious; showy; utopian; vaulting; visionary

    Антонимический ряд:

    humble; modest

    English-Russian base dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    [æmˈbɪʃəs]

    ambitious претенциозный ambitious стремящийся, жаждущий (of); ambitious of power властолюбивый ambitious честолюбивый ambitious стремящийся, жаждущий (of); ambitious of power властолюбивый

    English-Russian short dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    ærgjerrig, ambisiøs, krevende

    ærgjerrig

    1) ærgjerrig

    2) ambisiøs, høytflytende, pretensiøs

    ambitious for/of som trakter etter, som streber etter

    English-Norwegian dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

    ambiciozen

    * * *

    [æmbíšəs]

    (of po) častihlepen; hrepeneč, stremljiv, željan; prizadeven

    English-Slovenian dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

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    [Part of Speech]

    adjective

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    [English Word]

    ambitious person

    [English Plural]

    ambitious people

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    [English Word]

    ambitious person

    [English Plural]

    ambitious people

    [Swahili Plural]

    watamani

    ————————————————————

    English-Swahili dictionary > ambitious

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    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > ambitious

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    ambitious

    [æm΄biʃəs]

    a

    փառամոլ, փառատենչ, մեծ ձգտումներ ունեցող. an ambitious boy փառամոլ տղա. ambitious for fame փառքի ձգտող. ambitious for one’s children երեխաներից շատ բան սպասող. ambitious of power իշխանության ձգտող. ambitious style ճոռոմ, պաճուճազարդ ոճ

    English-Armenian dictionary > ambitious

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    ambitious

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  • Ambitious — Am*bi tious, a. [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See {Ambition}.] 1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. [1913 Webster] Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ambitious — UK US /æmˈbɪʃəs/ adjective ► having a strong wish to be successful: »an ambitious young lawyer »I make no secret of the fact that I am very ambitious. ► if a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a lot of skill and effort to be successful or be… …   Financial and business terms

  • ambitious — [am bish′əs] adj. [ME ambicious < L ambitiosus, seeking favor < ambitio: see AMBITION] 1. full of or showing ambition 2. greatly desirous (of something); eager for 3. demanding great effort, skill, enterprise, etc. [an ambitious… …   English World dictionary

  • ambitious — [adj1] desiring success aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of fire*, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic,… …   New thesaurus

  • ambitious — index eager, solicitous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • ambitious — (adj.) late 14c., from L. ambitiosus going around to canvass for office, from ambitio (see AMBITION (Cf. ambition)). Related: Ambitiously …   Etymology dictionary

  • ambitious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or showing ambition. 2) intended to meet a high standard and therefore difficult to achieve. DERIVATIVES ambitiously adverb ambitiousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • ambitious — ambitiously, adv. ambitiousness, n. /am bish euhs/, adj. 1. having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students. 2. showing or caused by ambition: an ambitious attempt to… …   Universalium

  • ambitious — am•bi•tious [[t]æmˈbɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, etc.: an ambitious student[/ex] 2) showing or caused by ambition; requiring exceptional effort, ability, etc.: an ambitious …   From formal English to slang

  • ambitious — am|bi|tious [æmˈbıʃəs] adj 1.) determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc ▪ Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich. ambitious for ▪ mothers who are highly ambitious for their children (=who want their… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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