Antonyms for ambition
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : am-bish-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : æmˈbɪʃ ən |
Definition of ambition
Origin :- mid-14c., from Middle French ambition or directly from Latin ambitionem (nominative ambitio) "a going around," especially to solicit votes, hence "a striving for favor, courting, flattery; a desire for honor, thirst for popularity," noun of action from past participle stem of ambire "to go around" (see ambient).
- Rarely used in the literal sense in English, where it carries the secondary Latin sense of "eager or inordinate desire of honor or preferment." In early use always pejorative, of inordinate or overreaching desire; ambition was grouped with pride and vainglory.
- noun strong desire for success
- noun something desired
- No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- She had won her ambition of years, revenge on the man who had sent her to prison.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But ambition is foreign to the Shakespeare-Hamlet nature, so the poet does not employ it.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- It was once my ambition to visit one by one every noteworthy spot in France.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The first was addressed to the fears of the Athenians, the second to their ambition.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- As to the supposed danger from the ambition of Syracuse, that was mere idle talk.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- The pride and ambition of the Syracusans now knew no bounds.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- She must not be sacrificed to policy or ambition, and she must not be left to suffer from the dread of it.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- Ambition, selfishness, and the love of success, were alike his inspiration and his ruin.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- My ambition was excited to deserve his friendship, and to accomplish his predictions.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for ambition
- aim
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- avidity
- craving
- desire
- dream
- drive
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulation
- end
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- fire in belly
- get up and go
- goal
- hankering
- hope
- hunger
- initiative
- intent
- itch
- keenness
- longing
- love
- lust
- mark
- moxie
- objective
- passion
- pretension
- purpose
- push
- right stuff
- spirit
- striving
- target
- thirst
- vigor
- wish
- yearning
- zeal
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