Synonyms of go-getting

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adjective

1

as in ambitious

having a strong desire for personal advancement

this job is a great opportunity for some go-getting young person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambitious
• aspiring
• hard-driving
• energetic
• enterprising
• pushing
• industrious
• dynamic
• diligent
• self-seeking
• ardent
• motivated
• eager
• venturesome
• hustling
• spirited
• hungry
• aggressive
• scrappy
• lively
• driving
• venturous
• determined
• avid
• impassioned
• competitive
• assertive
• animated
• opportunistic
• vigorous
• pushy
• high-flying
• rival
• raring
• pretentious
• gung ho
• competing
• self-assertive
• keen
• overambitious
• rivalrous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disinterested
• unambitious
• indifferent
• apathetic
• uninterested
• casual
• easygoing
• unenthusiastic
• ambitionless
• unexcited
• lackadaisical
• lazy
• shiftless
• lethargic
• sluggish
• lukewarm
• halfhearted
• tepid
• listless
• uneager
• spiritless
• unassertive
• unaggressive
• lazyish

2

as in aggressive

having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal

a determined newcomer who made a go-getting bid for the governorship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• ambitious
• adventurous
• enterprising
• fierce
• militant
• energetic
• assertive
• high-pressure
• vigorous
• in-your-face
• pushy
• confident
• daring
• self-assertive
• dynamic
• self-asserting
• pugnacious
• combative
• belligerent
• warlike
• bold
• bellicose
• hustling
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• domineering
• adventuresome
• determined
• venturous
• venturesome
• overambitious
• gladiatorial
• bumptious
• dashing
• trigger-happy
• feisty
• cocky
• argumentative
• impudent
• gutsy
• disputatious
• strenuous
• brassy
• emphatic
• contentious
• unapologetic
• insolent
• overconfident
• obtrusive
• brash
• cheeky
• cocksure
• hyperaggressive
• emboldened
• gung ho
• scrappy
• discordant
• dominating
• audacious
• overbearing
• unyielding
• bare-knuckles
• forward
• bare-knuckled
• magisterial
• presumptuous
• imperious
• unsubdued
• bare-knuckle
• lordly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• low-pressure
• unambitious
• easygoing
• unassertive
• unaggressive
• relaxed
• docile
• ambitionless
• amenable
• acquiescent
• submissive
• nonassertive
• compliant
• deferential
• tractable
• unenterprising
• passive
• timid
• yielding
• humble
• laid-back
• resigned
• meek
• mild
• shrinking
• modest
• quiet
• bashful
• subdued
• diffident
• mousy
• shy
• unobtrusive
• lowly
• reserved
• servile
• retiring
• demure
• obsequious
• subservient
• slavish
• grovelling
• mousey
• cringing
• cowering
• groveling
• overmodest

go-getting

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noun

as in ambition

eager desire for personal advancement

with all his go-getting, he should move quickly up the corporate ladder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambition
• determination
• aspiration
• motivation
• energy
• opportunism
• ambitiousness
• initiative
• competitiveness
• industry
• greed
• enterprise
• push
• passion
• aggression
• daring
• diligence
• hustle
• spirit
• assertiveness
• drive
• eagerness
• pushiness
• go
• avarice
• ardor
• killer instinct
• pretentiousness
• avidity
• keenness
• hunger
• overambitiousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• apathy
• unconcern
• inertia
• lethargy
• indolence
• laziness
• idleness
• sloth
• halfheartedness
• shiftlessness