Ambitious synonyms

56 synonyms for ambitious such as challenging, aggressive, arduous, and bold. Ambitious is an adjective, and its antonyms are unambitious and lazy.

Another word for ambitious

1. pushy

Aggressive, anxious, aspiring, assertive, avid, committed, desirous, determined, driven, dying, eager, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, forceful, go-ahead, go-getting, hankering, hoping, hungry, impatient, intent on, itching, longing, motivated, on the make, pioneering, power-hungry, progressive, purposeful, pushy, raring, striving, wishing, yearning, and zealous.

2. exacting

Arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, exacting, extravagant, formidable, grandiose, hard, hellish, killing, knackering, monumental, onerous, stiff, strenuous, toilsome, and tough.

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