It is Tom's ambition to go to the moon.
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Ambition
/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/
Synonyms for "ambition" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
inspirationintendmentintentintentionkeennesslodestarlodestonelofty ambitionlustmagnanimitymagnetmainspringmarkmattermeaningmindmotivenirvananisusobject
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Adjective(2 words)
intense pursuitprimal drive
Noun(7 words)
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
6 entriesacademic ambitionacademic goalcareer goalfinancial ambitionpolitical ambitionprofessional ambition
Collocations
5 entriesacademic ambitioncareer ambitionhigh ambitionpolitical ambitionstrong ambition
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَطْمَح noun (desire)
Armenian
1 entries- փառասիրություն noun (desire)
Belarusian
1 entries- амбі́цыя noun (desire)
Bulgarian
2 entries- амби́ция noun (desire)
- честолю́бие noun (desire)
Catalan
2 entries- ambició noun (desire)
- ambició noun (object of desire)
Cebuano
2 entries- ambisyon noun (desire)
- tinguha noun (desire)
Central Dusun
1 entries- iman-imanon noun (desire)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 奢望 noun (desire)
- 志向 noun (desire)
- 志向 noun (object of desire)
- 志氣 /志气 noun (desire)
Czech
4 entries- ambice noun (desire)
- ambice noun (object of desire)
- ctižádost noun (desire)
- ctižádost noun (object of desire)
Danish
1 entries- ambition noun (desire)
Dutch
2 entries- ambitie noun (desire)
- eerzucht noun (desire)
Esperanto
2 entries- ambicio noun (desire)
- gloramo noun (desire)
Finnish
2 entries- intohimo noun (object of desire)
- kunnianhimo noun (desire)
French
1 entries- ambition noun (desire)
Galician
1 entries- ambición noun (desire)
German
1 entries- Ehrgeiz noun (desire)
Greek
1 entries- φιλοδοξία noun (desire)
Hungarian
4 entries- ambíció noun (desire)
- becsvágy noun (desire)
- cél noun (object of desire)
- nagyratörés noun (desire)
Icelandic
1 entries- metnaður noun (desire)
Ilocano
1 entries- arapaap noun (desire)
Indonesian
1 entries- ambisi noun (desire)
Ivatan
1 entries- kagum noun (desire)
Japanese
2 entries- 野心 noun (desire)
- 野望 noun (desire)
Korean
2 entries- 야망 noun (desire)
- 야심 noun (desire)
Latin
1 entries- ambitiō noun (desire)
Latvian
1 entries- godkāre noun (desire)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Éiergäiz noun (desire)
Malay
1 entries- kesungguhan noun (desire)
Malayalam
3 entries- അഭിലാഷം noun (desire)
- അഭിലാഷം noun (object of desire)
- ലക്ഷ്യം noun (desire)
Middle English
1 entries- ambicioun noun (desire)
Māori
2 entries- awhero noun (desire)
- hemonga noun (object of desire)
Persian
3 entries- آرزو noun (object of desire)
- اشتیاق noun (desire)
- خواهش noun (desire)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Väanämungsjeist noun (desire)
- Äwanämungsjeist noun (desire)
Polish
1 entries- ambicja noun (desire)
Portuguese
2 entries- ambição noun (desire)
- ambição noun (object of desire)
Russian
3 entries- амби́ция noun (desire)
- мечта́ noun (object of desire)
- цель noun (object of desire)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ambicija noun (desire)
Spanish
2 entries- ambición noun (desire)
- ambición noun (object of desire)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- ambisi noun (desire)
Swedish
2 entries- ambition noun (desire)
- ambition noun (object of desire)
Ukrainian
1 entries- амбі́ція noun (desire)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Sony inspires ambition among its employees.
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His ambition was blasted by these repeated failures.
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That politician is full of ambition.
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Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.