| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
Synonyms: |
assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous |
Antonyms: |
complaisant, laid-back |
| 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: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring success |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, power-loving, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, self-starting, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous |
Antonyms: |
content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | campaign for cause |
Synonyms: |
action, advance, appeal, crusade, effort, enterprise, get-up-and-go, initiative, push, surge |
| 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: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
Synonyms: |
activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
Antonyms: |
idleness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, tiredness |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resourcefulness, energy |
Synonyms: |
activity, adventurousness, alertness, ambition, audacity, boldness, courage, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, force, foresight, get-up-and-go, gumption, hustle, industry, initiative, inventiveness, pluck, push, readiness, resource, self-reliance, spirit, venturesomeness, vigor, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, idleness, indolence, passiveness, passivity |
| Main Entry: | exuberance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy, enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
abandon, animation, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, cheerfulness, eagerness, ebullience, effervescence, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, friskiness, gayness, get up and go, high spirits, juice*, life, liveliness, pep, pepper, spirit, sprightliness, vigor, vitality, zap, zest*, zip |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, lifelessness |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit, vitality |
Synonyms: |
activity, animation, bang, birr, drive, energy, force, get-up-and-go, hardihood, life, moxie*, oomph, pep, potency, push, snap*, starch, tuck, verve, vigor, vivacity, zest |
| Main Entry: | gumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, initiative |
Synonyms: |
ability, acumen, astuteness, cleverness, commonsense, discernment, enterprise, get-up-and-go, good sense, horse sense, industry, judgment, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, resourcefulness, sagaciousness, sagacity, savvy, sense, shrewdness, spirit, wisdom, wit |
Antonyms: |
cowardice, naivety |