go-ahead

go–ahead

noun

Definition of GO-AHEAD

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired <a born go-ahead, he was determined to be the first in his family to graduate from college>

Synonyms bootstrapper, go-ahead, highflier (or highflyer), hummer, hustler, live wire, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter

Related Words eager beaver; achiever, comer, doer, enterpriser; he-man, individualist

Near Antonyms dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, putterer, trifler; goldbrick, malingerer, procrastinator, shirker, slacker; drone, lazybones, sluggard; dallier, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud; ignorer, ne'er-do-well, neglecter; daydreamer, dreamer; dropout, quitter