AMBITIONS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

ambitions

noun

plural of ambition

as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish his ambition is to study international business, then get a job overseas

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Recent Examples of ambitions Take your ambitions seriously, because the cosmos has your back! — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Its space ambitions hinge almost entirely on the success of Starship, a super-heavy launch platform that has yet to complete a single successful flight and landing. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026 Like, with many scientific ambitions, sure, maybe the big goal is consciousness, right? — Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 Julius’ ambitions put his body and friendship with Sebastian to the test. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Reflecting the sweep of SpaceX’s ambitions, Musk and other executives discussed their plans for AI and Starlink, putting robots on the moon and shoring up the heat shield on its massive Starship rocket. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Their ambitions don’t stop at landing a first job or earning a promotion. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 At the same time, the capex appears to be gearing up for a big ramp in 2027 with ambitions to bring on at least another +3 GW of compute capacity. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Despite scaling back the domestic league, Saudi’s sponsorship and media spending demonstrate its outsize soccer ambitions. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 30 July 2026

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Noun

If goals diverge, name the common aim, then suggest a simple route that honors both needs, and your upbeat spirit will make consensus easier.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
The Frenchman scored more league goals than any other Liverpool player last season, but that was largely with Isak on the sidelines.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of goals

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Instead, the Children's Trust was used and abused by the Kittrells for exclusively their own purposes and in fact the Kittrells treat the trust assets for nearly all purposes as their own.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Cost basis is the property's value for tax purposes — the starting point used to calculate a taxable gain or loss when the property is sold.

— Sharon Epperson,Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

American armed forces launched the war alongside Israel, which has different interests, redlines, and objectives.

— Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
The inference of the joint venture was clear; if FIFA continued to pursue proposals that Europe and South America did not think were in their interests, then those confederations would work independently to achieve their own objectives.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of objectives

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Keane, a former four-star general, argued that their involvement may have contributed to Washington misunderstanding Iran’s intentions.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Digital streaks, from nightly games to professional habits, often hijack our intentions, turning recreational activities into obligations that cost us real rest.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of intentions

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Putnam And Leadership Functionalism, and the vast majority of Putnam’s ideas, belong to the realm of analytic philosophy, one of the two major branches of 20th-century philosophy, along with continental philosophy.

— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
From longline styles, like Jennifer Lawrence’s denim jorts, to Margot Robbie’s polished Bermuda style, these outfit formulas offer new ideas built around the best basics, making these summer staples feel impossibly fresh.

— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 31 July 2026

Definition of ideas

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Young Wifredo loved drawing images from his dreams and was later sent to art school to study the work of the European masters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Her fever dreams were of floating untethered in an infinite black space, of being trapped in a blinding spotlight on an empty stage, not knowing how or where to move.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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