| 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: | automatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done or made by machine |
Synonyms: |
automated, electric, electronic, mechanical, mechanized, motorized, robotic, self-moving, self-regulating, self-starting |
Antonyms: |
by hand, manual |
| Main Entry: | eager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | enterprising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resourceful, energetic |
Synonyms: |
active, advancing, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, coming on strong, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go-ahead, go-go, gumptious, hard ball, hardworking, hungry, hustling, industrious, intrepid, itching, keen, lively, lusting, peppy, progressive, pushing, ready, self-starting, snappy, spanking, spark plug, spirited, stirring, take-over, up-and-coming, venturesome, vigorous, yearning, zealous, zippy |
Antonyms: |
inactive, passive, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unimaginative, unresourceful |
| Main Entry: | zealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
afire, antsy*, ardent, avid, burning, coming on strong, dedicated, devoted, eager, earnest, fanatic, fanatical, fervent, fervid, fireball, fired, frenetic, gung-ho, hot*, impassioned, itchy, keen, obsessed, passionate, possessed, pushy*, rabid, ripe, self-starting, spirited, wild-eyed |
| Notes: | jealous means envious or fearful of being replaced by a rival; zealous means marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, indifferent, lethargic, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | thirsting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, bursting, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering*, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |