aspire

aspire

verb

Definition of ASPIRE

1

to have in mind as a purpose or goal <aspire to great deeds, and you have a better chance of doing good deeds>

Synonyms aim, allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, go [chiefly Southern & Midland], look, mean, meditate, plan, propose, purport, purpose

Related Words dream, hope, wish; consider, debate, mull (over), ponder; attempt, endeavor, strive, struggle, try; plot, scheme; accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, perform

2

to move or extend upward <a tower aspiring towards the heavens>

Synonyms arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Related Words surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge