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[ uh-spahyer-ing ] / əˈspaɪər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR aspiring ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveeagerly or ambitiously aiming for a particular career, title, social status, etc.: an aspiring composer; a team of aspiring gold medalists. Origin of aspiringFirst recorded in 1575–1595; aspire + -ing2 synonym study for aspiringSee ambitious. OTHER WORDS FROM aspiringas·pir·ing·ly, adverbnon·as·pir·ing, adjectiveun·as·pir·ing, adjectiveun·as·pir·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby aspiringaspiration pneumonia, aspirator, aspiratory, aspire, aspirin, aspiring, asplanchnic, asplenia, asplenium, sporting chance, a, asprawl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aspiringThat Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable. Why This Liberal Hearts Huckabee|Sally Kohn|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Great for the aspiring Quentin Tarantino, or for the aspiring next Feiffer. The Best Gift Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime. ‘Zero Motivation’: the Funny Side of the IDF|Melissa Leon|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The year was 1986, and Chelan was a 17-year-old high school student and “aspiring model.” Two New Bill Cosby Accusers Come Forward: ‘We Challenge Mr. Cosby to End This Nightmare’|Marlow Stern|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few weeks later, Valentino and her pal, an aspiring actress named Meg Foster, met Cosby again at Café Figaro. Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Aspiring youngsters who wanted to make sure of good marks were apt to look upon the same pews with special favour. The Soul of a Child|Edwin Bjorkman Your aspiring edifice shall never be erected in this State, sir. The Politician Out-Witted|Samuel Low People said that young Campbell was no fool in aspiring to succeed to Dr. Hampden's practice. The Doctor's Daughter|"Vera" The Nabob departed this life before the Minister, but he lived long enough to realize his most aspiring dream. It seems scarcely necessary to state that this promising and aspiring young lady was not permitted to return. The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger
Words related to aspiringeager, would-be, longing, striving, endeavoring, ambitious, aspirant, eager beaver, enthusiastic, impassioned, wishful, zealous, on the make |