The ambitious man became intoxicated with his own success.
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Ambitious
//æmˈbɪʃ.əs//
Synonyms for "ambitious" (76 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
87 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- طَمُوح adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Armenian
1 entries- հավակնոտ adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Belarusian
3 entries- амбі́тны adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- амбіцы́йны adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- славалюбі́вы adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Bulgarian
4 entries- амбицио́зен adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- жадуващ adj (strongly desirous)
- претенцио́зен adj (showy)
- честолюби́в adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- ambitziosu adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Catalan
1 entries- ambiciós adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Chamicuro
1 entries- kapapeskajpola adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 遠大 /远大 adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 有雄心 adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- 遠大 /远大 adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Czech
1 entries- ctižádostivý adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Danish
1 entries- ambitiøs adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Dutch
3 entries- ambitieus adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- eerzuchtig adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- eerzuchtig adj (strongly desirous)
Esperanto
2 entries- ambicia adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- glorama adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Finnish
4 entries- innokas adj (strongly desirous)
- kunnianhimoinen adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- kunnianhimoinen adj (hard to achieve)
- näyttävä adj (showy)
French
1 entries- ambitieux adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Galician
1 entries- ambicioso adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Gallurese
1 entries- paddinósu adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Georgian
2 entries- ამბიციური adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- პატივმოყვარე adj (strongly desirous)
German
4 entries- ambitioniert adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- aufstrebend adj (showy)
- ehrgeizig adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- ehrgeizig adj (strongly desirous)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 遠大 /远大 adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Hebrew
1 entries- שאפתני adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Hungarian
3 entries- ambiciózus adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- becsvágyó adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- nagyravágyó adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Italian
1 entries- ambizioso adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Japanese
1 entries- 野心的 adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Korean
1 entries- 야심적 adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Latin
1 entries- ambitiōsus adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- ambitiéis adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- éiergäizeg adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Maltese
1 entries- ambizzjuż adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Middle English
1 entries- ambicious adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Māori
1 entries- whai awhero adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Polish
4 entries- ambicjonalny adj (showy)
- ambitny adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- ambitny adj (showy)
- ambitny adj (hard to achieve)
Portuguese
2 entries- ambicioso adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- ambicioso adj (hard to achieve)
Romanian
1 entries- ambițios adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Russian
4 entries- амбицио́зный adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- жа́ждущий adj (strongly desirous)
- показно́й adj (showy)
- претенцио́зный adj (showy)
Sardinian
1 entries- mattauddone adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Sassarese
1 entries- ambiziosu adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- dian-thograch adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- dian-thograch adj (strongly desirous)
- gionach adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- gionach adj (strongly desirous)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ambiciozan adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- častohlepan adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Spanish
2 entries- ambicioso adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- ambicioso adj (strongly desirous)
Swedish
2 entries- ambitiös adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- högtflygande adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Thai
2 entries- ทะเยอทะยาน adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- มักใหญ่ใฝ่สูง adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Turkish
4 entries- arzulu adj (strongly desirous)
- gösterişli adj (showy)
- havalı adj (showy)
- hevesli adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Ukrainian
3 entries- амбі́тний adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- амбіці́йний adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- честолю́бний adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Vietnamese
2 entries- có hoài bão adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
- có tham vọng adj (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Be ambitious, children.
Source: tatoeba (245788)
In the religious-cult trial, the ambitious lawyer will represent the cult leader.
Source: tatoeba (266303)
Boys, be ambitious.
Source: tatoeba (268057)
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