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aspiration

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of aspiration

1 eager desire for personal advancement

a combination of aspiration and hard work made her the top tennis player in the state

Synonyms of aspiration

ambition, ambitiousness, go-getting

Words Related to aspiration

determination, diligence, drive, energy, enterprise, go, hustle, industry, initiative, motivation, push

aggression, competitiveness, killer instinct

opportunism, overambitiousness, pretentiousness, pushiness

assertiveness, daring, spirit

ardor, avidity, eagerness, keenness, passion

avarice, greed, hunger

Near Antonyms of aspiration

apathy, halfheartedness, indifference, unconcern

idleness, indolence, inertia, laziness, lethargy, shiftlessness, sloth

2 something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

college is his immediate aspiration after he graduates from high school

Synonyms of aspiration

aim, ambition, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing

Words Related to aspiration

grail, holy grail

plot, project, scheme

desire, hope, mind, wish

destination, terminus

Phrases Synonymous with aspiration

name of the game

Near Antonyms of aspiration

means, method, way

Synonym Discussion of aspiration

ambition, aspiration, pretension mean strong desire for advancement. ambition applies to the desire for personal advancement or preferment and may suggest equally a praiseworthy or an inordinate desire.

- driven by ambition

aspiration implies a striving after something higher than oneself.

- an aspiration to become president someday

pretension suggests ardent desire for recognition of accomplishment often without actual possession of the necessary ability and therefore may imply presumption.

- has literary pretensions

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