ambitious
adjectiveHow many syllables in ambitious?
There are 4 syllables in the word ambitious.How to pronounce ambitious:
Definition of ambitious:
- ambitious (adjective):
- having a strong desire for success
- having a strong desire for success or achievement.
- having or controlled by ambition having a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous
Synonyms for ambitious:
active
adventurous
aggressive
ambition
ambitiousness
ardent
aspirant
aspiring
avid
compulsive
daring
desirous
determined
diligent
driven
dynamic
eager
energetic
enterprising
enthusiastic
go-getting
hard-driving
hopeful
industrious
intent
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Antonyms for ambitious:
ambitionless
apathetic
bone idle
bone-idle
disinterested
faineant
fainéant
feckless
good-for-nothing
idle
improvident
indifferent
indolent
lackluster
lacklustre
lazy
otiose
shiftless
slack
slothful
sluggish
unambitious
unaspiring
unenterprising
unmotivated
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- energetic
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- sentimental
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- isolation
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- Alyvia
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- Alcibiades
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- understatement
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- equality's
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- hysteresis
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English allows for a wide range of consonant clusters in syllable codas, as in 'texts' with four consonant sounds.
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