aspirant :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

n. an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

Verbs (0)

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (4)

aspiring

adj. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

aspiring, would-be, wishful

adj. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

Fuzzynyms (8)

rival, challenger, competitor, contender

n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

contestant

n. a person who participates in competitions

candidate, campaigner, nominee

n. a politician who is running for public office

Synonyms (18)

pushing, aggressive, enterprising, pushful, pushy

adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world"

compulsive, determined, driven, purposeful

adj. strongly motivated to succeed

manque, would-be, manqué

adj. unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

overambitious

adj. excessively ambitious

expectant, anticipant, anticipative

adj. marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush"

sanguine, optimistic

adj. pertaining to optimism

Antonyms (0)

aspirant

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