All overambitious synonyms

adjective overambitious

• conceited — If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements.
• snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
• arty — Someone who is arty seems very interested in drama, film, music, poetry, or painting. People often describe someone as arty when they want to suggest that the person is pretentious.
• exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
• grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
• hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
• overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
• pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
• showy — making an imposing display: showy flowers.
• stilted — stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
• turgid — swollen; distended; tumid.
• ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
• affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
• assuming — You use assuming or assuming that when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
• aureate — covered with gold; gilded
• big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
• bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
• chichi — If you say that something is chichi, you mean that it is pretty or stylish, especially in a way that you consider affected.
• conspicuous — If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.
• euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
• extravagant — Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
• feigned — pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
• flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
• flashy — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
• flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
• flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
• gaudy — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
• grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
• high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
• high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
• highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
• imposing — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
• inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
• jazzy — pertaining to or suggestive of jazz music.
• la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
• lofty — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
• magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
• mincing — (of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
• ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
• put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
• rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
• specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
• splashy — making a splash or splashes.
• swank — dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
• too-too — excessively and tastelessly affected: The movie was simply too-too.
• tumid — swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
• utopian — of, relating to, or resembling Utopia, an idealized imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516).
• vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.