All ambition synonyms

noun ambition

• desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
• longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
• love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
• pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
• zeal — fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
• aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
• lust — intense sexual desire or appetite.
• yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
• passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
• vigor — active strength or force.
• appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
• initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
• spirit — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
• hope — Anthony, pen name of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins.
• goal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
• wish — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
• aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
• purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
• objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
• dream — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
• eagerness — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
• itch — to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected: My nose itches.
• hankering — a longing; craving.
• hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
• earnestness — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
• ardor — emotional warmth; passion
• drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
• thirst — a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
• avidity — the quality or state of being avid
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• moxie — vigor; verve; pep.
• craving — an intense desire or longing
• keenness — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
• striving — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
• intent — something that is intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
• mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
• target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
• motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
• vigour — active strength or force.
• ardour — Ardour is a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
• right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).