ASPIRATIONS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

aspirations

noun

plural of aspiration

as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish college is his immediate aspiration after he graduates from high school

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Recent Examples of aspirations Heat president Pat Riley has long believed the teams with championship aspirations need older veterans around their core, players with the savviness, mettle and experience to thrive during harrowing postseason moments. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026 Summary The Philadelphia Phillies have found a dominant closer in Jhoan Duran, acquired from the Twins, crucial for their World Series aspirations. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Unless injuries hit in a big way, his NHL aspirations will land shy. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Jones recalled Reales Dominguez leaving Castlemont with huge aspirations, trying to make his family proud. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The Cubs-Sox games don’t need anything to play for these days, since both have bigger aspirations. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Ba's novels explored women caught between traditional upbringing and modern aspirations, criticizing polygamy, widespread in the country, and patriarchy. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 After returning the girl to her mother, the bass player kept going — reminiscing about leaving Idaho for Hollywood in 1977, talking about his dreams of writing songs and books, and urging the crowd never to give up on its own aspirations. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026 Eventually getting back this version of him, however, was key to the Dodgers’ postseason aspirations. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The Sun conjoins Mercury in Virgo and your 10th House of Career, Reputation, Authority, and Public Life, helping your goals become easier to explain.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Sanchez also had a pair of goals in the Courage’s 2-1 victory over the Boston Legacy on Saturday.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of goals

Noun

Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Governments generally don’t need a model that’s as powerful as what’s on the frontier to automate a few tasks; Ting explains that a tiny model, even one with as few as 1 billion parameters, can suit those purposes.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

In December, Australia became the first country to ban social media for kids under 16, and countries including Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Indonesia have since enacted or approved similar plans.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Several Kansas City community leaders are calling for residents to have a meaningful role in selecting the city’s next police chief, weeks after Stacey Graves announced plans to retire next year.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of plans

Noun

Riders from different teams—direct competitors with different sponsors, leaders, and ambitions—form a dense, fast-moving pack.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2026
There’s a glint of Miss Piggy’s quick wit in the comedic edge and blonde ambitions of Jennifer Coolidge.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambitions

Noun

Moving away from a retrospective punishment mechanism appealed to Portsmouth too, as did the shift to a focus on liquidity, something which meshes with the aims of the independent football regulator, which recently came into operation in England.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Vance’s comments also seemed to suggest that the administration was more acutely focused on the economic impact of the war than the original aims of the war itself.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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