ambition

Something you strongly want to achieve in your life.

• My ambition is to write a book.
• He finally achieved his childhood ambition.
• What are your ambitions for the future?

How to use it: ambition to do something (Her ambition is to become a doctor.)

Similar words: goal, dream, aspiration

Common phrases: lifelong ambition, achieve an ambition, an ambition fulfilled

A strong wish to achieve something, and the determination to work for it.

• She has plenty of ambition.
• His ambition kept him working through difficult times.
• The team showed ambition by entering a national competition.

Similar words: drive, determination

Opposites: apathy

Common phrases: full of ambition, lack ambition, show ambition

A strong wish to become successful, important, powerful, or famous.

• Political ambition drove his decisions.
• Her ambition led her to seek a senior role.
• He sacrificed friendships because of his ambition for power.

Similar words: aspiration, hunger for success

Common phrases: political ambition, personal ambition, great ambition