ambition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a cherished desire
his ambition is to own his own business
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
- American Dream hyponym
- emulation hyponym
- nationalism hyponym
Related & opposite
- aspire derivation
- ambition derivation
- challenging derivation
Sense 2 verb
have as one's ambition
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
Related & opposite
- ambitiousness derivation
- ambition derivation
Sense 3 noun
a strong drive for success
Types & categories
- drive hypernym
- aspiration hyponym
- power hunger hyponym
Related & opposite
- ambitious attribute
- unambitious attribute
- ambition derivation
- ambitious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenging |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | American Dream |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nationalism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambitiousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambition |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | ambitious |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | unambitious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambitious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | drive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aspiration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | power hunger |