Synonyms for ambition

noun

1. Eager desire

   aspiration, ambitiousness, drive, enterprise, hope, earnestness, appetite for fame, yearning, eagerness, longing, hankering, craving, passion, lust, itch, hunger, thirst, appetite, avidity, energy, ardor, zeal, enthusiasm, spirit, vigor, hunger for power, love of glory, eagerness for distinction, emulation, get-up-and-go*, push*, what it takes*.

   Antonyms indifference*, apathy, laziness.

2. The object of desire

   aim, goal, objective, dream; see purpose 1.