ambitious

/æmbˈɪʃəs/

/æmˈbɪʃəs/

[adjective]

ambitious

[ADJECTIVE]

trying or wishing to gain great success, power, or wealth

antonyms : unambitious

requiring great effort or full use of one's abilities or resources in order to succeed

synonyms : challenging

Examples

1. She became more ambitious as the years passed.

2. The company's ambitious expansion plans went up in flames when their major investor pulled out.

3. The startup company is reaching for the moon with its ambitious goals to revolutionize the industry.

4. The ambitious entrepreneur took a risk and started his own business, knowing that it was better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep working for someone else.