AMBITION

n. 1 hunger, thirst, craving, appetite, arrivisme John's relentless ambition may yet be his undoing 2 drive, enterprise, energy, initiative, vigour, enthusiasm, zeal, avidity, Colloq get-up-and-go The company is seeking young men of ambition You'll never get anywhere, Stewart, since you are totally lacking in ambition. 3 goal, object, aim, aspiration, hope, desire, dream, objective, wish, purpose It is Olivia's ambition to marry someone with a title