| Main Entry: | ambition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire for success |
Synonyms: |
appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
Synonyms: |
aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's will to achieve |
Synonyms: |
ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, fire in belly, get-up-and-go, goods*, gumption*, guts*, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff, spunk*, steam, stuff*, vigor, vitality, what it takes, zip |
| Main Entry: | hankering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire |
Synonyms: |
ache, craving, druthers, fire in belly, hunger, itch, longing, munchies, pining, thirst, urge, want, weakness, wish, yearning, yen |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | longing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire |
Synonyms: |
ambition, aspiration, coveting, craving, fire in the belly, hankering, hunger, hungering, itch, pining, thirst, urge, wish, yearning, yen |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | urge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very strong desire |
Synonyms: |
appetite, appetition, compulsion, craving, drive, druthers, fancy, fire in belly, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, itch, longing, lust, motive, passion, pressure, stimulant, stimulus, sweet tooth, weakness, wish, yearning, yen |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | get-up-and-go |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive |
Synonyms: |
ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, fire in belly, goods*, gumption*, guts*, hustle, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff, spunk*, steam, stuff*, vigor, vitali |