Synonyms of hard-driving

hard-driving

adjective

ˈhär(d)-ˈdrī-viŋ 

as in ambitious

having a strong desire for personal advancement

she's the most hard-driving malpractice lawyer I've ever seen

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of hard-driving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hard-driving dealmakers who Ellison will rely on to supply hits and bolster market confidence are undaunted. —Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 July 2024

The hard-driving late mogul and his high-level executives at his company, then known as Viacom, were dismissive of her talents and ambition. —Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024

Screeching tires and a roaring engine offer an apt opening for this hard-driving song from these longtime metal masters. —Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024

Bennett is a young, fast-moving, hard-driving, ambitious politician who has declared that all the members of his coalition will have to check their ideological ambitions at the cabinet room door. —Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2021