[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ambitious \ambi"tious\, a. l. ambitiosus: cf. f. ambitieux.
   see ambition.
   1. possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or
      inordinately desirous of power, honor, office,
      superiority, or distinction.
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            yet brutus says he was ambitious,
            and brutus is an honorable man.       --shak.
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   2. strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive;
      as, ambitious to be or to do something.
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            i was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony.
                                                  --evelyn.
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            studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in
            vain.                                 --cowper.
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   3. springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition;
      showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
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            a giant statue . . .
            pushed by a wild and artless race,
            from off wide, ambitious base.        --collins.
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see also:
ambition 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ambitious
     adj 1: having a strong desire for success or achievement ant: unambitious
     2: requiring full use of your abilities or resources;
        "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task
        without a mistake" syn: challenging
see also:
unambitious challenging 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 moby thesaurus words for "ambitious":
   adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, anxious, aspiring,
   audacious, avaricious, avid, bold, careerist, careeristic,
   chimerical, classy, daring, driving, dynamic, eager, emulous,
   energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, extravagant, fancy, flossy,
   forceful, go-ahead, grandiose, greedy, hard-working, high-flown,
   high-flying, high-reaching, high-toned, highfalutin, highfaluting,
   hopeful, hustling, impractical, indefatigable, keen, lofty,
   on the make, ostentatious, overambitious, overzealous,
   power-hungry, pretentious, pushful, pushing, pushy, sky-aspiring,
   social-climbing, tony, unrealistic, up-and-coming, utopian,
   vaulting, vaunting, venturesome, venturous, vigorous, visionary,
   yuppy, zealous

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