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aspiration
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASPIRATION
1
eager desire for personal advancement <a combination of aspiration and hard work made her the top female tennis player in the state>
Related Words determination, diligence, drive, energy, enterprise, go, hustle, industry, initiative, motivation, push; aggression, competitiveness, killer instinct; opportunism, overambitiousness, pretentiousness, pushiness; assertiveness, daring, spirit; ardor, avidity, eagerness, keenness, passion; avarice, greed, hunger
Near Antonyms apathy, halfheartedness, indifference, unconcern; idleness, indolence, inertia, laziness, lethargy, shiftlessness, sloth
2
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish <college is his immediate aspiration after he graduates from high school>
Synonyms aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing
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